Test IXV allowed the Committee to test a number of technical solutions that will be used in the transport ship PRIDE, scheduled for launch in 2018.

the European space Agency (JAC) successfully launched the first experimental unmanned reusable space vehicle IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle - intermediate experimental vehicle).

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Vega Rocket was launched from Kourou (French Guiana) and launched into low orbit experimental ship IXV. The Shuttle separated from the carrier at an altitude of about 320 kilometers, and then use their engines went up another 100 kilometers.

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the Final point of the test was the landing apparatus in the Pacific ocean, a distance of about 3000 miles from the Galapagos Islands. The total time of flight IXV was about 100 minutes.

Test unmanned spacecraft have allowed the Committee to test a number of technical solutions that will be used in the transport ship PRIDE, scheduled for launch in 2018.

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