Second-Stage Vega Motor Begins Testing
Credit: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Europe's new Vega light booster is slowly but surely approaching its appointed late 2007 maiden launch with the first firing of its second-stage motor. The 7.5-meter (25-ft.)-high, 2-meter-dia. solid propellant stage, the Zefiro (West Wind) 23, successfully completed a first static firing at an...
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