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IXV
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Proper noun
en ESA space en Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle an experimental space vehicle of the European Space Administration.
en http://www.esa.int/ ESA'S SPACEPLANE SET FOR FLIGHT HTML ESA 2014-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20080913083101/http://www.esa.int/ 13 September 2008 2014-10-30 Engineers are forging ahead with the final tests on ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, IXV, to check that it can withstand the demanding conditions from liftoff to separation from Vega.
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