IXV

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IXV

  1. (ESA, space science) Initialism of Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle. (an experimental space vehicle of the European Space Administration)
    • 2014 July 16, “ESA'S SPACEPLANE SET FOR FLIGHT”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1] (HTML), ESA, archived from the original on 13 September 2008:
      Engineers are forging ahead with the final tests on ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, IXV, to check that it can withstand the demanding conditions from liftoff to separation from Vega.

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