Avio fires new Vega combustor

Avio has successfully carried out the first test firing of a liquid oxygen/methane combustor earmarked for a new upper engine that could equip Italy's Vega light launcher. The test, carried out at Avio's Collefrerro plant near Rome, lasted two seconds, but engineers ultimately hope to achieve a 20...

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