Artist's View of Ariane 6 and Vega-C

Shown from left to right: the four booster Ariane 6 (A64) variant and Vega-C, as well as Space Rider. Ariane 6 and Vega are operated from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Vega-C increases the 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 between Ariane 6 and Vega-C.