<p>Vega, ESA’s <a href="http://www.liberte.sg">new launch</a> vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French
<p>Join the European Space Agency for the first qualification flight of the Vega launch vehicle on Monday 13 February, with a launch window open from 11:00 to 13:00 CET (10:00
<table width=310 align="right" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td width=10></td> <td align=center> <p class=small><br />ESA’s new, small launcher will carry nine satellites into orbit on its very first flight: Italian space agency’s LARES and ALMASat-1