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Vega main engine test in Kourou

5 December 2007

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P80 static firing test being performed on 4 December 2007, using the solid booster test stand (Bâtiment d'Essai d'Accélérateur à Poudre - BEAP) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This is the same facility that is used for firing tests on Ariane 5's solid-propellant boosters.

Credits: ESA / CNES / CSG-SOV

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