The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is a European Space Agency (ESA) experimental suborbital re-entry vehicle. It was developed to serve as a prototype lifting body orbital return …

The IXV project developed and tested in flight the technologies and critical systems for Europe’s future autonomous controlled reentry for return missions from low Earth orbit. The …

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From the outer to inner layers, IXV comprises: Thermal protective shells of ceramics and ablatives to resist the extreme heat of reentry, Structural panels made of carbon-fibre reinforced …

Feb 11, 2015 · IXV, the ‘Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle’ was a lifting-body spacecraft that proved Europe had all the technology and know-how to send a reusable vehicle to space – …

Feb 10, 2015 · The IXV project of ESA is developing and flight-testing the technologies and critical systems for Europe's future autonomous controlled reentry for return missions from LEO (Low …

Feb 11, 2025 · IXV was — and still is — Europe’s first and only flight-proven experimental vehicle. It demonstrated lifting reentry capabilities and reusable technologies in a real operational …

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Feb 11, 2015 · TURIN, Italy – A European spaceplane technology demonstrator was successfully launched Feb. 11 on a 100-minute suborbital mission that took it into space for nearly an hour …