The launch was off Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 15:13 local time. The mission "lasted about 2 hours and 15 minutes from lift-off to release of final payload and final burn of the AVUM+ upper stage engine," the agency noted in a press release.
The Vega-C rocket is a boost compared to Vega rocket, the agency said, adding that the Vega-C is with a new powerful first stage P120C based on Vega's P80.
According to the agency, the Attitude Vernier Upper Module (AVUM+) of the Vega-C "has increased liquid propellant capacity, to deliver payloads to multiple orbits depending on mission requirements and to allow for longer operational time in space, to enable extended missions."
The Vega-C "can orbit larger satellites, two main payloads or accommodate various arrangements for rideshare missions," it said.
"Today we open a new era of European launch solutions, starting with Vega-C and to be complemented by Ariane 6", ESA Director of Space Transportation, Daniel Neuenschwander, said in the press release.
According to the agency, a new rocket variant, the Vega-E, will be effective from 2026.
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