Zefiro-40 DM on test bench

The solid-fuel based Zefiro-40 will be the second stage motor of Europe's new-generation Vega-C launch vehicle.

The Zefiro-40 development motor, developed and manufactured by Avio in their Colleferro factory, was installed on the horizontal test bench and static fired on 8 March 2018, in Sardinia. The resulting test data will guide the qualification and flight model design.