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.