Vega-C Launch Schedule
Stay up-to-date on upcoming Vega-C rocket launches with our live schedule. You can browse all 27 planned Vega-C missions on our website, and you can live stream any Vega-C rocket launch happening today.
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Biomass
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Biomass is an European Space Agency mission designed to measure the density of carbon stored in the world's forests. The spacecraft, built by Airbus Defence and Space, features the first civilian P-band synthetic aperture radar as well as a 12m-diameter deployable reflector from L3Harris made of over 900 km of gold-coated molybdenum 25µm wire. With a minimum operational lifetime of 5 years in its 666km 6am/6pm sun-synchronous orbit, the global coverage achieved every 9 months allows to precisely monitor the evolution of forests over time.
Last Update: NET early April.
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TBD
Jun 2025
CO3D is a CNES-Airbus Defence & Space constellation of four small satellites designed to map the globe in 3D from low Earth to serve public and private sector needs. Microcarb is a small satellite designed to map sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2)—the most important greenhouse gas — on a global scale.
Last Update: Adding MicroCarb as secondary payload with CO3D
Sixth South Korean Earth observation satellite of the KOMPSAT series. It is equipped with a synthetic aperture radar with a ground resolution between 0.5 and 20 meters.
Last Update: NET December 2024.
TBD
2025
CSG-3 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band.
Updated: Feb 3, 12:01am UTC
TBD
2025
Microcarb is a small satellite designed to map sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2)—the most important greenhouse gas — on a global scale.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
2025
First dedicated launch for the European Space Agency's IRIDE Earth observation constellation.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
2025
Second dedicated launch for the European Space Agency's IRIDE Earth observation constellation.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
Jan 2026
KOMPSAT-7 is the follow-up model of KOMPSAT-3A whose mission is to provide high-resolution satellite images to satisfy South-Korea’s governmental and institutional needs.
Updated: Mar 11, 1:00am UTC
Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.
Last Update: Targeting early 2026
TBD
2026
SES satellite to support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe.
Last Update: NET 2026
TBD
2026
Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services.
Last Update: NET 2026
TBD
2026
The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.
Last Update: NET 2026, likely on the same launch as Altius
TBD
2026
ALTIUS is a satellite mission proposed by the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy to monitor the distribution and evolution of stratospheric ozone in the Earth's atmosphere.
Last Update: NET 2026, likely on the same launch as FLEX
TBD
2026
Sentinel CO2M-A carries a near-infrared and shortwave-infrared spectrometer to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by human activity, providing the EU with a unique and independent source of information, to assess the effectiveness of policy measures, and to track their impact towards decarbonizing Europe and meeting national emission reduction targets.
Last Update: NET 2026
TBD
2026
Sentinel CO2M-B carries a near-infrared and shortwave-infrared spectrometer to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by human activity, providing the EU with a unique and independent source of information, to assess the effectiveness of policy measures, and to track their impact towards decarbonizing Europe and meeting national emission reduction targets.
Last Update: NET Q1 2026
TBD
2026
First debris removal mission by the Swiss startup ClearSpace. Contracted by the European Space Agency, it is designed to catch and de-orbit part of a Vega rocket from Low Earth Orbit using four articulated arms.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
2026
CSG-4 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band.
Updated: Feb 3, 10:00am UTC
TBD
2027
Maiden flight of the European Space Rider (Space Reusable Integrated Demonstrator for Europe Return).
Last Update: NET 2027
TBD
2027
FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring) is a satellite from the European Space Agency designed to provide insight into Earth's radiation budget using a Fourier transform spectrometer.
Updated: Feb 22, 2:30am UTC
TBD
2027
FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring) is a mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) carrying a Fourier transform spectrometer. It is designed to measure Earth’s outgoing radiation in the far-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum that has previously never been measured from space.
Updated: Dec 27, 1:30pm UTC
TBD
Nov 2028
Sentinel-3D is the fourth satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
2029
Harmony, ESA's 10th Earth Explorer mission, consists of 2 satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem with a Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite in various configurations. The Harmony satellites’ synthetic aperture radar instruments will receive the Sentinel-1 satellite's radar signals that bounce back, or ‘backscatter’, from Earth’s surface. At the same time, Harmony’s thermal-infrared instruments provide complementary observations of the sea surface as well as the position and motion of clouds above it.
Updated: Oct 20, 10:30am UTC