The Vega vehicle was lost 2.5 minutes into its latest mission from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. It was carrying two French-built, high-resolution Earth imaging spacecraft. This is the ...

Vega-C, which is operated by the French company Arianespace, launched the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite on Thursday, lifting off from Kourou, French Guiana at 4:20 p.m. EST ...

Martin WASHINGTON — Avio has signed contracts with the European Space Agency for upgrades to the Vega rocket and its launch facilities, as well as for the launch of an Earth science mission.