Vega VV16

Launch of Vega VV16 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 3 September 2020, also called the SSMS PoC Flight (for Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof of Concept Flight). The was the first low Earth orbit rideshare commercial flight for 21 customers, with a total of 65 satellites (53 satellites to be released by the launch vehicle directly plus an additional 12 that were later released by one of them) arranged in the new modular SSMS dispenser.