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Vega Launches

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 29 every launch of the Vega, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

Featured & milestone launches

29 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2026-05-19SMILE2026-109Vega CArianespaceGuiana Space Centre—LEOsuccess
2025-12-01Kompsat-72025-279Vega CArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2025-07-26CO3D/Microcarb2025-156Vega CArianespaceGuiana Space Centre5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2025-04-29Biomass2025-090Vega CArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2024-12-05Sentinel-1C2024-235Vega CArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2024-09-05Sentinel-2C2024-157Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2023-10-09THEOS-2/TRITON2023-155Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre10 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2022-12-21Pleiades NEO 5/62022-F06Vega CArianespaceGuiana Space Centre—LEOfailure
2022-07-13LARES 22022-080Vega CESAGuiana Space Centre2 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
2021-11-16CERES 1-32021-105Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2021-08-17Pleiades-Neo 42021-073Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2021-04-29Pleiades-Neo 32021-034Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre6 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2020-11-17SEOSAT-Ingenio2020-U01Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre—LEOfailure
2020-09-03SSMS2020-061Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre6 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2019-07-11FalconEye 12019-F05Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre—LEOfailure
2019-03-22PRISMA2019-015Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2018-11-21Mohammed VI-B2018-095Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2018-08-22ADM-Aeolus2018-066Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre—LEOsuccess
2017-11-08Mohammed VI-A2017-070Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2017-08-02Optsat-3000/Venmus2017-044Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2017-03-07Sentinel-2B2017-013Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2016-12-05Gokturk-12016-073Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2016-09-16PeruSAT-1/Skysat 4-72016-058Vega 1ArianespaceGuiana Space Centre5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2015-12-03LPF2015-070Vega 1ESA/AEGuiana Space Centre—HEOsuccess
2015-06-23Sentinel-2A2015-028Vega 1ESA/AEGuiana Space Centre2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2015-02-11IXV2015-U01VegaESA/AEGuiana Space Centre—LEOsuccess
2014-04-30KazEOSat-12014-024VegaESA/AEGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2013-05-07PROBA-V2013-021VegaESA/AEGuiana Space Centre4 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2012-02-13LARES2012-006VegaESAGuiana Space Centre1 payload ↗LEOsuccess

Launch cadence · 1957 → 2026

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (29 launches)
SMILE (2026-05-19)Kompsat-7 (2025-12-01)CO3D/Microcarb (2025-07-26)Biomass (2025-04-29)Sentinel-1C (2024-12-05)Sentinel-2C (2024-09-05)THEOS-2/TRITON (2023-10-09)Pleiades NEO 5/6 (2022-12-21)LARES 2 (2022-07-13)CERES 1-3 (2021-11-16)Pleiades-Neo 4 (2021-08-17)Pleiades-Neo 3 (2021-04-29)SEOSAT-Ingenio (2020-11-17)SSMS (2020-09-03)FalconEye 1 (2019-07-11)PRISMA (2019-03-22)Mohammed VI-B (2018-11-21)ADM-Aeolus (2018-08-22)Mohammed VI-A (2017-11-08)Optsat-3000/Venmus (2017-08-02)Sentinel-2B (2017-03-07)Gokturk-1 (2016-12-05)PeruSAT-1/Skysat 4-7 (2016-09-16)LPF (2015-12-03)Sentinel-2A (2015-06-23)IXV (2015-02-11)KazEOSat-1 (2014-04-30)PROBA-V (2013-05-07)LARES (2012-02-13)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.