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The future rocket arises in AVIO

Colleferro, Italy - The monolithic motor at solid propellant all in carbon fiber

The world greatest monolithic motor at solid propellant all in carbon fiber is arising in AVIO at Colleferro (Rome). Five times lighter and twice more resistant than steel, the carbon is the material with which AVIO realizes the Vega launcher and all engines of next generation. It is 12 m long, has a 3,5m as diameter, and it will contains 142 tons of propellant and it is the greatest ever built in...

fra/pec - 1202587
Rome, Italy, 03/01/2017 14:58
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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