3. start Vegi-C w tym roku zaplanowano na 12.2026.Vega C Launches Copernicus Sentinel-3C and FLEX Satellites as Avio Outlines Cadence ExpansionSeptember 15, 2026
Industrial Flight Cadence and Production ScalingThe orbital insertion marks the second successful Vega C mission executed in 2026, with a third flight scheduled before the end of the year. Speaking at an industry summit in Paris, Avio Chief Executive Officer Giulio Ranzo confirmed that the Italian rocket manufacturer is scaling its manufacturing and assembly operations to achieve a near-term launch rate of six Vega C flights per year, with an ultimate target capacity of nine launches annually to satisfy European institutional and commercial launch manifests.
Operational ScheduleAvio and launch operator Arianespace will prepare the Guiana Space Centre launch pad for the final 2026 Vega C campaign, while ground controllers complete initial orbit calibration and payload checkout operations for both Sentinel-3C and FLEX.
https://satnews.com/2026/09/15/vega-c-launches-copernicus-sentinel-3c-and-flex-satellites-as-avio-outlines-cadence-expansion/Avio launches pair of climate monitoring European spacecraft to study plants, oceans and atmospheric changesSeptember 15, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith
(...) Simonetta Cheli, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, said that this mission is about technology innovation, given that the FLORIS instrument will be operating in the 500-780 nanometer spectrum range, flying in tandem with Sentinel-3C.
“That’s also why we launch them together because each one of those two satellites will provide relevant information: one more on the status of the health of the vegetation. The other one more on the atmospheric context and all what is surrounding it,” Cheli said. “They will fly one kilometer apart from one of the other with a few minutes, I would say seconds apart. And this FLEX mission will have a revisit period of 27 days. It’s foreseen to live three and a half years, but as you have seen, most of the Earth Explorer mission have lived well beyond their initial lifetime.”
FLEX has about 30 kg of propellant onboard, but needs to reserve about half of that in order to perform its de-orbit maneuvers when it approaches the end of its operational life. Mission managers will work to preserve as much fuel as possible to get the most out of the spacecraft.
Avio Launches Second Successful Vega C Flight of 2026By Andrew Parsonson -September 15, 2026
https://europeanspaceflight.com/avio-launches-second-successful-vega-c-flight-of-2026/Avio CEO Reports Influx of Customers Turned Away by SpaceXBy Andrew Parsonson -September 16, 2026
Italian launch services provider Avio has seen an influx of customers who were unable to secure launch opportunities with SpaceX, according to CEO Giulio Ranzo.
“I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive because we have a whole bunch of customers coming to us and saying, oh my God, can you fly us?” Ranzo said during the company’s 10 September earnings call. (...)
https://europeanspaceflight.com/avio-ceo-reports-influx-of-customers-turned-away-by-spacex/EUMETSAT @eumetsat 5:42 PM · Sep 14, 2026
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