ISBN: | 978-5-5086-6290-5 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vega (Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata,Advanced Generation European Carrier Rocket) is an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency. Development began in 1998 and the first launch took place from the Guiana Space Centre on 13 February 2012.