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LAUNCH / Vega-C Block 2
Space Rider
Planned for Q2 2028 · Provisional
Planned with Vega-C Block 2 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Dates may change.
Source: Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs · Last successful recall: 29 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC. Older data status – not successfully updated for more than two hours.
Date and mission
- Date according to source
- Planned for Q2 2028
- Status according to source
- Provisional
- Rocket
- Vega-C Block 2 →
- Launch provider
- Avio S.p.A
- Launch Site
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana →
- Launch Platform
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- European reference
- European rocket & European participation
- Payload participation
- European Space Agency
- Source last changed
- 21 Oct 2026, 07:10 UTC
We only show dates as accurately as the source provides them. A European launch provider or launch site alone does not constitute a fully European mission or supply chain.
Current source reports
Spaceflight News API ↗ · Retrieved: 29 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC
Original source description (English)
Maiden flight of the European Space Rider (Space Reusable Integrated Demonstrator for Europe Return).
Track launch
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No livestream has been stored in the source yet.
Automatically translated from German; some interface labels are reviewed. View original →. Some new text is still available in German.