After IXV separates from Vega, around 18 minutes after launch, experts not only in French Guiana but also in Europe, Africa and on a recovery ship in the Pacific will be responsible for the ...

The IXV will start its data dump the moment it clears the descent's radio blackout phase, which occurs when the vehicle is enveloped by the hot plasma created during high-speed re-entry.

The IXV is an Italian-led project within Esa. The vehicle is 5m long and and weighs almost two tonnes Europe is all set to launch its mini "spaceplane" demonstrator. The unmanned Intermediate ...

The IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, installed on its payload adapter, is being prepared for launch, at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 27 January 2015.

The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is scheduled to launch atop a Vega rocket on Feb. 11, 2015, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This IXV mission will test ...

A successful "drop test" has been conducted on Europe's experimental re-entry vehicle, the IXV. A 1:1 scale model was released from an altitude of 3km by a helicopter, and then descended to a ...

Giorgio Tumino, IXV Programme Manager, runs the project: “The objective of the mission of the IXV is to master all those grey areas that we don’t know about atmospheric re-entry,” he says.

The IXV model was recovered from the sea after its splashdown on a parachute A successful "drop test" has been conducted on Europe's experimental re-entry vehicle, the IXV. A 1:1 scale model was ...