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IXV: technologies tested
Published on Feb 3, 2015
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IXV, Europe's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle, will soon be launched by Vega into a suborbital path. As it reenters Earth's atmosphere, IXV will test new critical technologies to advance Europe's ambition to return autonomously from space.