ESA Completes Important Step Toward Vega Launcher

Posted by timothy on Monday May 31, 2004 @08:32PM from the like-capsela dept.

Sven-Erik writes "ESA is reporting that 'An important step forward has just been made in the development of ESA's Vega launcher. After several months' work at the Guiana Propellant Plant at Europe's Spaceport the inert casting of the main Vega motor has been successfully carried out.' The 30-meter tall Vega launcher will be capable of placing a 1.5 ton payload into polar orbit, and it is scheduled for its first launch in 2006 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, where the Ariane 1 launch facilities are being adapted for its use. It will be a perfect complement to ESA's large Ariane 5 and the medium-classed Soyuz."

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See by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-31 20:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Jodie Foster unavailable for comment... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-31 21:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Vega Launcher? by nacturation · 2004-05-31 21:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Does this mean they've found the primer?

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Re:Could someone... by The+Original+Yama · 2004-05-31 21:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

He's from Spain, he wears a mask, he fights with claws and he's damn fast. ...or he wears a military uniform with a cape and he's quite powerful.

It depends on which version you play. :)

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