Vega

Status

Success

IXV & AVUM VV04

Launch Time
Wed Feb 11, 2015 13:40 UTC

The payload was separated on a suborbital trajectory, but the fourth stage (AVUM) reached orbit. Flight VV04.

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Rocket

Vega

Image Credit: Arianespace

Arianespace

Status: Active

Price: $37.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 2,200 kN

Payload to LEO: 1,436 kg

Stages: 4

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 29.9 m

Fairing Diameter: 2.6 m

Fairing Height: 7.88 m

Details

Mission Details

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.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 1,800.0 kg

Suborbital

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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

Location

ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

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Stats

2015

7th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

222nd mission

1st mission of 2015

214th successful mission

5th consecutive successful mission

4th mission

1st mission of 2015

4th successful mission