ESA Eyes Vega-E Contract This Year

Avio has been testing the new M10 liquid oxygen/methane engine for Vega-E.

Credit: Avio
The European Space Agency (ESA) still hopes to sign a contract with rocket maker Avio for the Vega-E launcher this year, the agency’s director for Space Transportation, Toni Tolker-Nielsen, said Nov. 27. Negotiations just wrapped up on the Vega E, Tolker-Nielson said. “We can sign even right now,”...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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