IXV & AVUM VV04
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:40:00
Wednesday February 11, 2015
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The payload was separated on a suborbital trajectory, but the fourth stage (AVUM) reached orbit. Flight VV04.
IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle)
The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is a European Space Agency (ESA) experimental suborbital re-entry vehicle. It was developed to serve as a prototype spaceplane to validate the ESA's work in the field of reusable launchers.
Suborbital
1 Payload
1,800 kilograms
AVUM
After separation from the IXV, Vega's fourth AVUM stage went into low Earth orbit to test its communications with the ground. The AVUM then burned in the atmosphere.
Low Earth Orbit
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Vega
4th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2015
European Space Agency
222nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2015
2015
7th
Orbital launch attempt