Europe’s first spaceplane, IXV,
faces its most crucial test on Wednesday (February 11) – and you can
follow it live on euronews.com, where we’ll be providing live text
updates, multimedia and the best from social media.
The European Space Agency (ESA) craft will blast into space for the first time and then re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
The flight is important because Europe currently has no atmospheric re-entry system of its own.
Lift-off is due between 13h-15h GMT.
The launch, flight and splashdown will be covered live by Euronews’ space expert Jeremy Wilks from the Thales Alenia Space mission control room in Turin, Italy.
The IXV blasts off from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana in the nose of a Vega rocket, and will fly up to an altitude of over 400 kilometres, about the same as the International Space Station, before coming back down to a targeted spot in the Pacific Ocean. The flight will last about 100 minutes.
Read more: Europe’s first spaceplane IXV set for dramatic re-entry test | euronews, space
The European Space Agency (ESA) craft will blast into space for the first time and then re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
The flight is important because Europe currently has no atmospheric re-entry system of its own.
Lift-off is due between 13h-15h GMT.
The launch, flight and splashdown will be covered live by Euronews’ space expert Jeremy Wilks from the Thales Alenia Space mission control room in Turin, Italy.
The IXV blasts off from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana in the nose of a Vega rocket, and will fly up to an altitude of over 400 kilometres, about the same as the International Space Station, before coming back down to a targeted spot in the Pacific Ocean. The flight will last about 100 minutes.
Read more: Europe’s first spaceplane IXV set for dramatic re-entry test | euronews, space
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