Launch Vehicles

Vehicle family profile

Vega C

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

Avioactive

Variants

1

Canonical variants linked to this family.

Historical missions

7

Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.

Peak listed capacity

3,300 kg

Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

Year	Historical missions	Forecast launches
2022	2	0
2024	1	0
2025	3	0
2026	1	4
2027	0	5
2028	0	6
2029	0	6
2030	0	6
2031	0	6
2032	0	6
2033	0	6
2034	0	6
2035	0	6
2036	0	6
2037	0	6
2038	0	6
2039	0	6

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

Variant	Orbit	Capacity	Altitude	Inclination	Source
Vega C	LEO	3,300 kg	Unknown	Unknown	ESA Vega-C page
Vega C	LEO	3,000 kg	500 km	5.2 deg	Avio Vega C User's Manual Issue 1 Rev 0

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

Mission	Variant	Launch
SMILE Mission	Vega C	May 19, 2026
Kompsat-7	Vega C	Dec 1, 2025
CO3D/MicroCarb	Vega C	Jul 26, 2025
Biomass Mission

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

Variant	Stages	Missions	Status
Vega C	Not stated	7	active

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

Year	Location	Launches	Confidence	Basis
2026	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	4	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2027	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	5	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2028	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2029	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2030	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2031	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2032	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2033	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2034	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2035	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2036	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2037	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2038	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2039	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2040	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.
2041	Guiana Space Centre \| Vega Launch Zone	6	35%	Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization. Site-year coverage backfill copied n...

Guiana Space Centre | Vega Launch Zone

2026 · 35% confidence

4

Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.

Guiana Space Centre | Vega Launch Zone

2027 · 35% confidence

5

Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.

Guiana Space Centre | Vega Launch Zone

2028 · 35% confidence

6

Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.

Guiana Space Centre | Vega Launch Zone

2029 · 35% confidence

6

Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.

Guiana Space Centre | Vega Launch Zone

2030 · 35% confidence

6

Vega C cadence curve: conservative European small-launch steady state after return-to-flight and production normalization.

Guiana Space Centre | Vega Launch Zone

2031 · 35% confidence