by Matt Wilson | Nov 17, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
The Arianespace light-launcher Vega has suffered another launch failure, despite returning with a successful launch in September after a failure in July 2019. The latest flight, dubbed VV17, initially lifted off successfully from Kourou, French Guiana, at 0152 GMT on...
by David Todd | Sep 3, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News
A much delayed multi-satellite launch by a Vega small launch vehicle successfully put 53 small satellites into orbit with the lift off taking place from the Kourou launch site at 0151 GMT on 3 September 2020 as part of the Arianespace Small Spacecraft Mission Service...
by David Todd | Apr 15, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Seradata News
After delays to Vega’s launch schedule caused by a failure, the shutdown of the Kourou launch site in French Guiana due to the coronavirus outbreak was the last straw for the prospective Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation operator, Synspective. The...
by David Todd | Sep 9, 2019 | ESA, Launches, Military space
An investigation has revealed the cause of the Vega launch failure on flight VV15, which lost the Falcon Eye 1 satellite causing an insurance loss of circa US$416 million. The sudden “violent” anomaly occurred after what appeared to be a successful launch from the...
by David Todd | Jul 11, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, Space Insurance
Launch vehicles usually have their first failure during their first ten flights, but the Avio-built Arianespace-operated Vega launch vehicle waited until its 15th flight to have its first. After what seemed to be a successful launch from Kourou in French Guiana at...
