Quote from Andrew Parsonson on August 22, 2024, 8:31 am

The fourth stage of the final Vega rocket has been installed ahead of the 3 September launch of Sentinel-2C.

Quote from Andrew Parsonson on August 20, 2024, 4:10 pm

On 16 August teams completed loading 133 kilograms of hydrazine into the fuel tanks of the Sentinel 2 satellite and then pressurised the tank with helium up to 21 bars.

Quote from Andrew Parsonson on August 20, 2024, 4:04 pm

Avio announced 7 August that it had succesfully stacked the Zefiro 23 second stage atop the P80 first stage for Vega VV24, the rocket's final flight.

Quote from Andrew Parsonson on August 6, 2024, 10:22 pm

Avio announced 31 July that it had raised the Vega P80 first stage into the vertical position and were in the process of mating the 1-2 interstage.

Quote from Andrew Parsonson on August 6, 2024, 10:19 pm

Arianespace announced 31 July that Sentinel-2C would be launched aboard Vega flight VV24 on 3 September 2024 at 22:50 local time (4 September at 01:50 UTC). Sentinel 2C will be deployed into a Sun-synchronous orbit 57 minutes after lift off at an altitude or around 780 kilometres.

Quote from Andrew Parsonson on January 30, 2024, 9:50 pm

Considering the fact that the company is basically designing a new upper stage for this flight, I don't see how they can make a September 2024 launch date.