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ESA's IXV february 11th launch

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Hello, here are the infos for the upcoming ESA IXV February 11th launch

Planned launch time : February 11th, 13h00 GMT (08:00 AM EST), with the livestream starting 15 minutes before the launch.

you'll be able to watch the launch here

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV/Watch_IXV_launch

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Replay of the launch : http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2015/02/Replay_of_Vega_liftoff_VV04_with_IXV

the payload is ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle , designed to test reentry systems develloped by ESA.

the vehicle is a pure lifting body reentry vehicle (no wings) controlled by two flaps at the rear. it's fitted with a whole bunch of sensors to record and transmit the gathered reentry data.

- it will make a parachute landing at sea, with 4 flotation baloons keeping it afloat after splashdown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_eXperimental_Vehicle

the launcher used is ESA's VEGA light launcher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_%28rocket%29

it's a 4 stage rocket, with it's 3 first stages being all solid stage, with a pressure fed hypergolic 4th stage.

the launch is going to be a suborbital flight - Vega will accelerate IXV to get reentry speeds, altitude and atittude similar to those experienced from a LEO reentry.

Feel free to discuss this upcoming launch here :)

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we'll have to be patient if we want to watch the whole thing :)

Vega's mission can last up to 21 minutes after the launch -

IXV's mission will last 1hour and 20 minutes more after separation from the upper stage !

seems all lights are green for the moment :) (kerbals approve ! ^^) https://twitter.com/esa

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@RainDreamer nah, they use the X for abbreviating eXperimental :) (because that's the first phonetic letter in the word :)) Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle

launch on hold at 4mn and 25s for the moment

edit : clock recalculated at 4mn - still on hold

launch base (ensemble de lancement) requested the hold.

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They said something about "DDO"? What does that means?

the phrase is 'A tous de DDO' DDO is the abbreviation designating the 'directeur d'opérations' (operations director, basically the person in charge of the launch :P - equivalent to Nasa's flight director)

the phrase simply tells the DDO is speaking to everyone :)

the launch base requested the hold, which could mean a whole bunch of things (maybe someone downrange or inside dangerous zones of the base)

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