Avio S.p.A: Commercial (Italy), launches, rockets and satellites

2Orbital launches

2All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

4Rockets / spacecraft

Avio S.p.A is a commercial company based in Italy, founded in 1908. Our records show 2 orbital launches and 4 rockets or spacecraft.

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Sources disagree.
Founding year: Launch Library 2 says 1908; GCAT (J. McDowell) says 2003
We show the value from the most detailed source and flag the difference instead of guessing.

Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
Vega	Rocket	Retired	2012	22 (2 failed)	1,500 kg
Vega-C	Rocket	Active	2022	8 (1 failed)	3,300 kg
Vega-C	Rocket	Retired		0
Vega-E	Rocket	Retired		0

Activity

Orbital launches per year

26

Last 15 years. Peak: 2 launches in one year.

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
15 Sep 2026	Sentinel-3C/Flex	Vega C	CSG	Success
19 May 2026	SMILE	Vega C	CSG	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

Vega C set to launch the ESA Sentinel-3C and FLEX missions from Kourou NASASpaceflight · 13 Sep 2026

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: cross-checked across sources, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.