ArianespaceVegaAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Vega | IXV
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Launch Successful
Arianespace's 229th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 5,449th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 11, 13:40 – Feb 11, 13:40 UTC
Flight preview
IXV
ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle was a lifting-body re-entry demonstrator launched on a suborbital trajectory by Vega, reaching about 412 km before re-entering at orbital speed and splashing down in the Pacific to validate European atmospheric-return technology.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
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