Artist's view of Europe's launcher family

Artist's view of the European launcher family.

Shown from left to right: Ariane 5, Vega, Vega-C, as well as the two booster Ariane 6 (A62) and the four booster Ariane 6 (A64) variants.

Ariane 5 and Vega are operated from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. 

Vega-C will increase performance from Vega’s current 1.5 t to about 2.2 t in a reference 700 km polar orbit, covering identified European institutional users’ mission needs, with no increase in launch service and operating costs.

Ariane 6 has a modular architecture and uses either two boosters (Ariane 62) or four boosters (Ariane 64), depending on the required performance. The P120C solid-propellant boosters will be common with Vega-C.