Arianespace wins ESA contract for Vega qualification campaign and combined testing support.

ELV Office in Kourou
Starting from October 2009, the 10th, ELV SpA Company created an office inside the Guyane Space Center.

LARES mission simulation
A complete test of the VEGA FPS with a flight representative hardware has been successfully executed.

Interstage 2/3 qualification
The Interstage 2/3 qualification tests program has been completed succesfully at the end of May.

First mission of VEGA LAUNCHER
LARES is a low-cost all-Italian mission with a short development time.

Delta UCMEC
Tuesday 13th of January the Delta UCMEC has been delivered to the ESTEC.

IS12 Shock Test
The VEGA Launch Vehicle Interstage 1-2 shock test has been performed.

UCFIRE-LPS
A further step towards the qualification of the VEGA has been accomplished.

VEGA Launcher at Kourou
On July 10th 2008 the transfer operations of the VEGA ISV1 from Colleferro (RM) to Guyana have been completed.