Vega's Second Stage Engine Completes Testing
	Vettore Europeo Di Generazione Avanzata, or Vega for short, is an expendable launch system developed by the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. It is designed to carry satellites with masses between 300 and 2,000 kilograms into space and insert them into polar and low Earth orbits. It consists of three solid rocket booster stages, namely P80 – the first stage, Zefiro23 and Zefiro9, and a liquid upper stage, AVUM. ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia