Salto di Quirra: success for the test of the "green" engine for the Vega E rocket
The engine is called M10 and is powered by oxygen and liquid methane
The M10 engine (Ansa)
Full success for the "Sardinian" test of the "green" engine for the future Avio Vega E rocket .
The engine is called M10 and is powered by oxygen and liquid methane . The test took place in Avio's SPTF (Space Propulsion Test Facility) polygon in Salto di Quirra .
The engine, developed by Avio with a thrust class of 10 tons , is the first of its kind to be successfully tested in Europe.
"M10 represents, to all intents and purposes, a new generation green engine, made - Avio notes in a note - with additive layer manufacturing (ALM) technologies".
The M10 engine is part of the development of the Vega E launcher, a project coordinated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and aimed at qualifying the next version to Vega C starting from 2026.
(Unioneonline / lf)
