Flights of the new rocket were suspended after the recent mission failure, creating a serious headache for the European space industry.
“We take full charge of the responsibility for this Vega-C failure,” Giulio Ranzo, chief executive of Avio, said during a press conference on Wednesday. The company’s shares fell 9.5% in trading on Wednesday, according to SpaceNews.Vega-C successfully completed its inaugural flightVega-C was on tap to perform as many as 10 flights in 2023 and another 15 in 2024.
Indeed, ESA previously relied on Russia’s Soyuz medium-lift rockets to launch many of its missions to space. But in February, Russia halted Soyuz launches from French Guiana and pulled its personnel from the space base in response to European sanctions imposed against it. That left key missions in limbo, including two Galileo navigation satellites, ESA’s Euclid space observatory, EarthCARE Earth science satellites, and a French reconnaissance satellite.
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