(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Josef Aschbacherdirector general of the European Space Agency (ESA), said that the commission of inquiry is still evaluating the anomaly recorded by the engine of Vega C in early summer and timing of Vega C’s return to flight will be set after publication of the report of the commission at the end of this month.
“The work has not been finalized yet, they are working on it, it will be finished by the end of September and we will inform you of the results“, he said during a press conference on Ariane 6, with the first launch of this new rocket having instead been postponed to 2024 after an incomplete ground test.
Vega C and instead on the ground since December 2022, after the failure of the first commercial flight. Vega C is the evolution of the current Vega launcher and is the most important space program to which the Italian contributes Airplanea company listed on Euronext STAR Milan and active in the construction and development of space launchers and propulsion systems.
Meanwhile, the next launch of Vega – that is, the previous generation – is scheduled for Wednesday 4 October 2023 at 22:36 local time from the European spaceport in French Guiana. The mission, called VV23, will carry its satellite passengers into sun-synchronous orbit.