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# ESA hands Avio commercial control of Vega-C launch operations
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-14-esa-avio-vega-c-exploitation/
- Published: 2025-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:00:50.000Z
- Description: ESA and Avio signed a Launchers Exploitation Arrangement making Avio, instead of Arianespace, responsible for selling and operating Vega-C. Avio's Giulio Ranzo called it a shift in responsibility after almost 14 years of Arianespace running the rocket.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Space Agency announcement, 14 November 2025](https://www.esa.int/Enabling%5FSupport/Space%5FTransportation/Europe%5Fs%5FSpaceport/Two%5Farrangements%5Fmark%5Fa%5Fnew%5Fstep%5Ffor%5FAriane%5F6%5Fand%5FVega-C%5Fexploitation?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not disclose a contract value or change who manufactures Vega-C, which remains Avio under ESA member state ownership.

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