Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed the cause of the failure of their Vega-C rocket launch. After an extensive investigation, the ESA identified a defective component as the cause of the rocket’s failure. This component, a thrust vector control actuator, was found to have a manufacturing defect that caused it to fail to operate correctly during the launch. The ESA is now taking steps to ensure that such a defect does not occur again in the future. This is a major setback for the Vega-C program, as it was the first of its kind and was intended to bring increased capabilities to the European space industry.

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source: Phys.org