Wednesday, March 18, 2015

IXV

 2015-U01


ESA Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV). Launch by Vega to 180 x 307 km x 70 deg from CSG. or 470 km 1 orbit, deorbit burn using Vega AVUM upper stage over -90 -40 Pacific, reentry over -70 +35 at 7.70 km/s, -1.19 deg, 120 km (earth-relative; azimuth unknown) with recovery after splashdown. AVUM reached orbit, deorbited on 2nd pass over Kourou, probably with entry over the Indian Ocean.


IXV 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2015 Feb 11 1340 Launch by Vega VV04  CSG ELV 
  T+1:52 P80 sep 
  T+3:35 Z23 sep 
  T+3:59 Z9 burn  
  T+4:02 Fairing sep 
 1346 T+6:39 Z9 sep 171 km 7.15km/s  
 1348 T+8:00 AVUM burn 1 
  Z9 impact 68.75E 2.75S +- 7 deg E 
 1353 T+13:49 AVUM MECO-1 332 km 7.656 km/s 76 x 416 x 5.4 
 1357 T+17:59 IXV sep 
 1411 T+31:14 AVUM MES-2 
 1411 T+31:30 AVUM MECO-2  220 x 430 x 5.4 
 1427? Z9 entry in IO 
 1444 IXV reentry 
  Parachute panel ejection 
  Drogue para 
 1509  Para deploy 
 1515?  Flotation device panels ejected 
 1518?  IXV splash 123W 3N 
 1529 T+1:49:31 AVUM MES-3 
  T+1:50:30 AVUM MECO-3 
 1610? AVUM reentry 86.25E 4.5S 
  Recovery ship Nos Aries 

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