IXV - Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, AVUM (orbital)- Vega(VV04)- Kourou ZLV - 11.02.2015 13:40UT

[Salo]

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35242.msg1282920#msg1282920

Jester пишет:
IF everything is ok, new launch will be end of Jan. 2015 / begin of Feb. (mind the big IF)

[triage]

Salo пишет:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35242.msg1282920#msg1282920

Jester пишет:
IF everything is ok, new launch will be end of Jan. 2015 / begin of Feb. (mind the big IF)

а новый запуск чего IXV или РН Веги?
Запуски Веги уже расписаны, а IXV не видно.
Весной в одной статье про IVX и Вегу говорили про три запуска в 2015 году, 
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/esa-keeps-eye-on-ukraine-crisis-as-vega-launch-nears-398550/
That supply would get ESA through its next launch, scheduled for October or November this year to fly its IXV re-entry vehicle test bed, and the three launches scheduled for 2015

[PIN]

Запуск IXV Вегой. После него следующая ПН - Sentinel-2A.

[che wi]

Peter B. de Selding ‏@pbdes  14 minutes ago

Launch of Europe's IXV suborbital unmanned space plane, scrapped in Nov for surprise range-safety concerns, now rescheduled for Feb. 11.

[che wi]

Vega VV04 launch of IXV is scheduled for February 11, 2015
http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2014/11-21-2014-VV04.asp

Evry, November 21, 2014

Based on joint work by ESA and CNES, the date for the IXV mission to be launched by Vega has been set for February 11, 2015.

Arianespace will resume launch preparations in early 2015.

[che wi]

Vega ready to launch spaceplane
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV/Vega_ready_to_launch_spaceplane

14 January 2015

On its first launch of the year, Europe's Vega rocket will loft ESA's unmanned spaceplane to test reentry technologies for future vehicles.

The launch campaign has resumed, aiming for a liftoff on 11 February from Kourou, French Guiana to release ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, IXV, into a suborbital trajectory.

This mission will provide vital flight data for Europe to forge ahead in developing systems and advanced technologies for transportation systems of the future.

On 23 October, the decision to postpone the launch was taken by the launch authorities as a result of safety concerns that required additional analysis. Finding an alternative trajectory solved the issue.

"Launch preparations have resumed," said Jose-Maria Gallego Sanz, ESA's IXV launch campaign manager. "Batteries that were removed from IXV are being taken from cold storage, charged and reinstalled. No additional tests are needed – IXV is ready to fly."

The mission will last 100 minutes from liftoff to splashdown. Weighing around two tonnes and the size of a car, IXV is a snug fit inside Vega's protective fairing. The two-piece shell will open to release the spaceplane at an altitude of 320 km.

IXV will coast to up to 420 km and then begin its reentry phase, recording a vast amount of data from a large number of conventional and advanced sensors.

The entry speed of 7.5 km/s at an altitude of 120 km will create the same conditions as those for a vehicle returning from low orbit. IXV will glide through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds to test new European reentry technologies before parachutes deploy to slow the descent for a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

The Nos Aries recovery vessel is now stationed in Flamenco Island Anchorage in Panama. Over the last month, the crew have been testing the equipment for hoisting IXV out of the water.

ESA's recovery team will board on 25 January for the ship to set sail on the last leg of its journey to the recovery spot.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1253.asp

Europe's IXV spaceplane is "powered up" for its February 11 launch on Vega
 
  January 16, 2015 – Vega Flight VV04
Next month's flight of the light-lift Vega vehicle in Arianespace's launcher family will involve a highly unusual mission profile: a suborbital trajectory with an unmanned European spaceplane that begins in French Guiana and ends with the payload's Pacific Ocean splashdown.
Scheduled for liftoff on February 11, Vega will loft the European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), which was developed to test reentry technologies in developing systems and advanced technologies for future transportation systems.
IXV currently is in the S5B hall of the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation building, where the spaceplane has been fitted with its functional batteries and switched on.  This will be followed next week by IXV's fueling with its hydrazine maneuvering propellant.
The upcoming Vega launch – designated Flight VV04 in Arianespace's mission numbering system – will have a 100-minute duration, and marks the fourth use of this launcher since its February 2012 introduction at the Spaceport.
Weighing approximately two metric tons, IXV will be released from Vega at an altitude of 320 km., subsequently climbing to 420 km. for the start of its reentry phase.  The spaceplane's entry speed of 7.5 km/sec. will create the same conditions as those for a vehicle returning from low Earth orbit, with control at hypersonic and supersonic speeds provided by IXV's thrusters and aerodynamic flaps.
Thales Alenia Space Italia is prime contractor for IXV's space and ground segments, integrating competences from some 40 other European companies, universities and research institutes.
Preparations for Flight VV04 originally began last year, with the activity resuming earlier this month.
 The four-stage Vega launcher to be used for February 11's mission is the smallest member of Arianespace's launcher family, operated at the Spaceport along with the medium-lift Soyuz and heavy-lift Ariane 5. Vega's industrial prime contractor is ELV S.p.A. – a company created in December 2000 by Avio and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
 

[Salo]

19 января заправили:
http://www.csgpreparationlancement.com/vega/vol-vega-04-remplissage-de-ixv/

[PIN]

Да, все по графику. Теперь установка пиротехники, взвешивание, установка технологических люков и уплотнений и можно пристыковывать к адаптеру Веги.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1254.asp

Fueled for launch! The IXV spaceplane receives its maneuvering propellant load ahead of next month's Vega flight  

The loading of IXV's hydrazine maneuvering propellant was performed inside the S5B hall at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
 
  January 21, 2015 – Vega Flight VV04
Europe's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) has been "topped off" at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations continue for its launch with Vega's year-opening mission on February 11.
Loading of IXV's hydrazine maneuvering propellant was performed in the S5B hall of the Spaceport's large S5 payload preparation facility. 
IXV was built for the European Space Agency (ESA) by Thales Alenia Space, and is designed to flight test technologies and critical systems for Europe's future automated reentry systems as they return from low Earth orbit.
The unmanned IXV is to be deployed into a suborbital trajectory by Vega at a 320-km. altitude. After IXV coasts up to an altitude of 420 km., it will begin the reentry phase – recording data from a large number of conventional and advanced sensors.
The entry speed of 7.5 km. per second creates the same conditions as those for a vehicle returning from low Earth orbit, with IXV subsequently descending via parachutes for a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean approximately 100 minutes after liftoff.
Vega's February 11 mission will mark the lightweight launcher's second flight within the European Space Agency-managed VERTA (Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment) program to showcase this vehicle's flexibility. The industrial prime contractor for Vega is ELV S.p.A. – a company created by Avio and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) in December 2000.

[Astro Cat]

Какой в нем смысл, если он даже на полосу не садится?

[PIN]

Astro Cat пишет:
Какой в нем смысл, если он даже на полосу не садится?

Открывайте и читайте...
ESA Reentry_technologies

[Astro Cat]

SOE,PAGE NOT FOUND

[PIN]

Дефис, всавляемый движком форума, могли бы и сами догодаться убрать
Но вставил, как гиперссылку, чтобы проще было

[Astro Cat]

Вообщем это просто болванка с датчиками для испытания теплозащит и щитков управления.

[PIN]

Это никак не "болванка" и "испытания" - далеко не первоочередная цель этой программы.

[triage]

SOE,
а управляемые створки (flap assembly) используемые при спуске в атмосфере они первые из всех испытывают?
про следующий запуск что либо известно, хоть в каком году?

[Grus]

pnetmon пишет:
а управляемые створки (flap assembly) используемые при спуске в атмосфере они первые из всех испытывают?

На шаттлах был body flap - очень похожее решение. Или на X-38 - из недавнего.

[PIN]

pnetmon пишет:
они первые из всех испытывают

Очень сомневаюсь

pnetmon пишет:
про следующий запуск что либо известно, хоть в каком году?

О годе еще рано говорить, все очень зависит от последущего финансирования.

[Телевизор-60]

X-23 PRIME? 1967