Arianespace Orders 10 Vega Launchers from ELV SpA

摘要

The Arianespace commercial launch consortium on Nov. 20 announced it had signed a contract for 10 Vega small-satellite launchers with prime contractor ELV SpA of Italy. The rockets will be ready for launch starting in 2015. The contract, whose value was not disclosed, was signed in Rome during a bilateral Franco-Italian summit in the presence of the Italian and French heads of state and the two nations' space ministers. The deal follows five rockets ordered previously as part of Vega's introductory series of flights backed by the 20-nation European Space Agency.