Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.

| Full name | Vega-C |
| Family | Vega |
| Name | Vega-C |
| Variant | — |
| Length | 34.8 m |
| Maiden flight | 2022 |
| Name | Avio S.p.A |
| Country | ITA |
| Founded | 1908 |