| Space Rider, CIRA’s Body Flap passes dynamic tests demonstrating its ability to withstand launch vibrational loads | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/research/Pages/Space-Rider,-il-Body-Flap-realizzato-dal-CIRA-supera-i-test-dinamici-dimostrando-la-sua-capacità-di-resistere-ai-carichi-vi.aspx | Space Rider, CIRA’s Body Flap passes dynamic tests demonstrating its ability to withstand launch vibrational loads | The dynamic test campaign on the control surfaces of the European Space Rider spacecraft has ended at the CIRA Space Qualification Lab. The result obtained paves the way for phase D of the Program for which CIRA is responsible for the development not only of the control surfaces but of the entire ceramic thermal protection system of the vehicle | | |
| Systems for experimental tests in CIRA IWT developed and manufactured in TWING / F | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/competences/Pages/Progetto-T-WINGF,-sviluppati-e-realizzati-i-sistemi-per-i-prossimi-test-nell’Icing-Wind-Tunnel-del-CIRA.aspx | Systems for experimental tests in CIRA IWT developed and manufactured in TWING / F | The first step of the acceptance review of the pitch oscillation system and the wake rake traversing system, developed and built within the TWING / F project, was successful | | |
| Two EnduroSat CubeSat qualified at CIRA | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/research-infrastructures/Pages/Qualificati-al-CIRA-due-nano-satelliti-EnduroSat-.aspx | Two EnduroSat CubeSat qualified at CIRA | Last September the Bulgaria-based company, EnduroSat, went through a campaign of space qualification tests for two of their CubeSats in the Space Qualification Lab of CIRA. | | |
| Testing activities continued in the CIRA Icing Wind Tunnel: two test campaigns for important international customers | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/research-infrastructures/Pages/L’IWT-non-si-ferma,-completate-due-campagne-di-prova-per-clienti-internazionali.aspx | Testing activities continued in the CIRA Icing Wind Tunnel: two test campaigns for important international customers | From December 2019 to April 2020, in the CIRA Icing Wind Tunnel, two test campaigns for important international customers were successfully carried out: Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), an Indian government agency and a company from the Far East Asia. | | |
| HYPROB-NEW Demonstrators, successfully completed the DEMO-0A thrust chamber | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/competences/Pages/Dimostratori-HYPROB-NEW,-completata-la-camera-di-combustione-rigenerativa-DEMO-0A.aspx | HYPROB-NEW Demonstrators, successfully completed the DEMO-0A thrust chamber | The DEMO-0A thrust chamber assembly has been successfully completed. It represents the first unit of the final demonstrator of the 30 kN thrust LOX / CH4 engine, one of the most challenging goals of the HYPROB-NEW project. | | |
