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Thales Alenia Space. The IXV launch spotlights joint French-Italian research efforts (2)

Turin, Italy - The industry is the prime-contractor for this ESA program

Europe's IXV atmospheric reentry demonstrator has been launched from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Meanwhile, at the mission control center in Turin, operated by Altec, the French and Italian education and research ministers, Geneviève Fioraso and Stefania Giannini, respectively, watched the launch live. Thales Alenia Space is the prime-contractor for this European...

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Rome, Italy, 02/11/2015 18:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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