Vegas first launch campaign

The first Vega launch campaign began on 7 November 2011 at Europe s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This timelapse shows the full assembly of the first Vega launcher at the launch pad, in preparation for its qualification flight. It starts with the transfer and installation of the P80 first stage from the Vega Booster Storage and Preparation Building to the launch pad, followed by the two solidpropellant second and third stages, the Zefiro23 and Zefiro9. The next step was to add the AVUM Attitude Vernier Upper Module liquidpropellant fourth stage to the vehicle. The upper composite the fairing and payload was moved to the pad on 24 January and integrated over night.