Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle patch

The patch for the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV). 

The IXV project developed and tested in-flight the technologies and critical systems for Europe’s future autonomous controlled reentry for return missions from low Earth orbit.

The experimental vehicle is 5 m long, 1.5 m high, and 2.2 m wide – about the size of a car – and weighs almost 2 t.