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The launch of the IXV expected for 2014

French Guyana, France - The rocket will gather many data during its flight

The launch of ESA's (European Space Agency) IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle) on Europe's new VEGA (European Advanced Generation Carrier Rocket) rocket is now in detailed planning, a step towards its flight in 2014. Launched into a suborbital trajectory from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, IXV will return to Earth as if from a low-orbit mission, to test and qualify new critical technologies...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1136460
Rome, Italy, 12/20/2011 13:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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