Space Launch NowUpcoming Launches
All upcoming launchesLoading launches
ArianespaceLaunch FailureGovernment/Top SecretVega-C
Launched 2022-12-21 01:47:31 UTCAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
2nd stage Zefiro 40 motor lost chamber pressure from T+151 seconds due to unexpected erosion of carbon-carbon (C-C) material in the motor nozzle's throat insert, caused by the material's flaw in homogeneity.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Vega-C lifted off with Pléiades Neo 5 & 6, but the launch failed.
Next
Waiting on the Cause
No cause has been given yet. What Arianespace finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 are the last two in a constellation of four optical high-resolution Earth observation satellites built and operated by Airbus. It is a dual purpose constellation, serving both civilian and military purposes.
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Launches
328
Successful
313
95%
Upcoming
51
scheduled
·
Launch vehicle has failed at some point during second stage's burn, waiting for more details
SwGustav
·
Liftoff
SwGustav
·
Coverage live
SwGustav
·
Updating date and setting GO
Nosu
·
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
·
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin
·
Launch postponed to NET December due to a defective equipment on the launcher.
Nosu
·
Updating date, adding T-0 and setting GO
Nosu
·
Targeting November 23
Nosu
Height
34.8m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
3,300kg
Liftoff thrust
2,974kN
Space Launch Now for iOS and Android
Follow Arianespace to hear when findings come out and when Vega-C flies next.
