Vega Flight VV04
with Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) spaceplane
overview
- Launch vehicle
- Vega
- Launch date
- February 11, 2015
- Status
- Success
- Payload(s)
- Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV)
- Customer(s)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Prime contractor(s)
- Thales Alenia Space
- Mission length
- 01:50:30
- Orbit
- Suborbital orbit
- Launch site
- Spaceport, French Guiana (Guiana Space Center)
mission update
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A suborbital success: Vega supports European space technology development with launch of the IXV spaceplane
Arianespace’s lightweight Vega launcher is now four-for-four in missions from the Spaceport following today’s success with the European Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) – an unmanned spaceplane developed to test reentry technologies for potential use in future transportation systems.
