IXV : Technologies tested

Date: Tue, Feb 03, 2015 | 07:30 - 07:50 GMT | 08:30 - 08:50 CET

Replay: Tue, Feb 03, 2015 | 16:00 - 16:20 GMT | 17:00 - 17:20 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

IXV, Europe's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle, will soon be launched by VEGA into a suborbital path. As it re-enters the atmosphere, IXV will test new critical technologiesto advance Europe's ambition to return autonomously from space.

The video includes interviews  of :  Roberto Angelini, IXV Programme Manager, Thales Alenia Space (in English)  and Giorgio Tumino, IXV Programme Manager, ESA (in English) and José Maria Gallego, IXV System AIT and Ground Segment Manager, ESA (in Spanish)

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2015/01/IXV_technologies_tested

Script:
EbS97579.doc

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.