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Space: early the Italian Shuttle's launch

Lanusei, Italy - For the project invested about EUR 80 million

It will happen in Sardegna, from Tortolì airport, between January 15 and February 28, 2007, the first launch of the USV - Unmanned Space Vehicle Italian Shuttle. CIRA (Italian Center for the Aerospace Researches) experiment, initially scheduled last year in Sicily, has civilian purposes: shoots for the development and validation of the advanced technologies applicable to the next generation space...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 71931
Rome, Italy, 01/02/2007 14:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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