CIRA USV 3

[archipeppe]

The Italian CIRA (Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali - Italian Aerospace Research Center) has started long ago the USV (Unmanned Space Vehicle) program.
Such progamme foresee the following steps:


USV-1: two unmanned vehicles (FTB 1 and 2, named Castor and Pollux) launched respectively in 2007 and 2010 from Sardinia through stratospheric balloons to investigate handling behavior with supersonic speed


USV-2: one unmanned vehicle conceived to investigate handling behavior with hypersonic speed, and it should be launched (originally by Woomera) through a sounding rocket


USV-3: one unmanned vehicle conceived to investigate orbital re-entry with the so called "High Lift" configuration, and it should be launched by Kourou through a VEGA rocket.

 

[Michel Van]

what for interesting Program
it remind me the german ERNO LB 21 Bumerang http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2890.0.html

is CIRA USV program is still active ?

 

[archipeppe]

what for interesting Program
it remind me the german ERNO LB 21 Bumerang http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2890.0.html

is CIRA USV program is still active ?

USV program is still alive even if proceeding slowly.


No connection with the old ERNO Bumerang of 70's, the USV is entirely brand new Italian project.