The European Space Agency (ESA) has bid a fond farewell to the Vega rocket with the successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C spacecraft.… Introduced in 2012, the Vega can hardly be called ...

Europe has launched its Vega rocket for the last time, on a mission to carry the European Space Agency (ESA)’s ...

Arianespace’s Vega rocket failed during the launch of the Falcon Eye-1 spacecraft for the United Arab Emirates. The launch has been delayed by several days due to unacceptable upper-level winds.

A European Vega rocket has been lost shortly after blast off, the commercial space company Arianespace says. It is the first time in 15 launches that a Vega rocket has failed. The rocket had been ...

The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science mission with China in early 2026 after a long collaboration.

On November 17th, a Vega rocket lifted off from French Guiana with its payload of two Earth observation satellites. The booster, coincidentally the 17th Vega to fly, performed perfectly ...

This was the second failure in 17 outings for the small Vega launcher Engineers have identified already the fault that led to the loss of a European Vega rocket on Monday night. The vehicle veered ...

(Reuters) -Europe's Arianespace launched the Vega-C rocket on Thursday, marking a return to space for the upgraded Italian launcher two years after it failed during a debut commercial mission.

Europe's new Vega-C rocket launched Thursday from French Guiana in its first takeoff since a failed flight two years ago, an AFP correspondent said. After days of delays, the rocket took off ...