Comments on: Avio wins U.S. launch contract for its Vega-C rocket https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/avio-wins-u-s-launch-contract-for-its-vega-c-rocket/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/avio-wins-u-s-launch-contract-for-its-vega-c-rocket/#comment-1623128 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:02:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=117510#comment-1623128 Jeff Wright,

I haven’t the faintest idea what you’re on about in that first sentence – a fairly common occurrence anent your comments here. I’ll ask you once again to consider that the rest of us here do not live inside your head.

The Vega-C – and, soon, Vega-E – 1st stage solids do double duty as SRBs on Ariane 6, not Ariane 5. The latter is, in any case, no longer in production.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/avio-wins-u-s-launch-contract-for-its-vega-c-rocket/#comment-1623061 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:21:03 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=117510#comment-1623061 I guess ESA got the message with the “missing” solids sleeping with the fishes.

Just remember Vega solids come from Ariane 5.
I don’t think Italy footed that whole bill….but I don’t pay much attention to ESA either

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