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Control system tests begin for Vega’s main engine
15 June 2006
| Artist’s impression of the Vega launch vehicle climbing through the Earth’s atmosphere.
Credits: ESA - J. Huart | |  |  | |
| | | | | The Vega P80 thrust vector control system validation model, a structural model representative of the interstage 0/1 stiffness and the actuator attachment points, with a pressure vessel for the nozzle flexible joint. The thrust cone is visible, inverted within the test apparatus. The exit of the nozzle is closed so that it and the flexible joint on which it moves can be pressurised to simulate flight conditions. The pressurisation system is below the metallic floor.
Credits: ESA - S Corvaja, ELV SpA, Avio SpA | | | | |
| | | | | The control room for the Vega P80 Thrust Vector Control system validation model, from which the tests are controlled and the measurements recorded. The control room is situated in a strengthened bunker to protect the occupants from any risk linked to the pressurisation system
Credits: ESA - S Corvaja, ELV SpA, Avio SpA | | | | |
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