Payloads stowed in Vega fairing

The primary payload Pléiades Neo-4 seated on the cone-shaped payload adapter which hosts four Cubesats, is encapsulated in the Vega fairing.

On 16 August 2021, Vega lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on flight VV19 to deliver into two separate Sun-synchronous orbits the Earth observation satellite Pléiades Neo-4 and four auxiliary payloads: SunStorm, RadCube and LEDSAT developed through ESA, and BRO-4.