Avio S.p.A. is an Italian aerospace company specializing in space propulsion and launch systems. As the prime contractor for the Vega rocket family, including Vega and Vega C, Avio provides launch services for institutional, governmental, and commercial payloads. They are also a subcontractor for the Ariane program, supplying components like boosters and stage separation motors and partners with organizations like the European Space Agency (ESA). Associated keywords include: space launchers, solid-propellant motors, liquid propulsion, Vega, Vega C, Ariane, ESA.
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The European Space Agency is participating in an investigation led by Arianespace and Avio into the failed cubesat deployment on the 2023-10-08 Vega flight.
Telespazio renewed its contract with AVIO to provide maintenance and operational support for the VEGA launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
The European Space Agency’s access-to-space initiative package includes a decision point on whether Arianespace will continue to market and operate Vega, which is built by Avio.
Arianespace is responsible for operating the Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers developed by ESA, with ArianeGroup and Avio as the industrial prime contractors respectively.
A joint Avio and ESA task force has started work to adjust and modify part of the Zefiro 40 nozzle design.
Avio plans one static-fire test of the redesigned Zefiro 40 nozzle in the second quarter of 2024 to confirm performance and refine numerical models, followed by a second static-fire test before Vega C returns to flight.
The Propulsion Module was manufactured in Avio near Rome, Italy before being reunited with the Core Module in Bremen.
The Core Module remained at OHB while the Propulsion Module traveled to Avio in Italy for the addition of its propulsion system.
Avio faced additional testing challenges when a static-fire test of the Zefiro 40 motor experienced a pressure drop anomaly.
Avio is replacing a flawed carbon-carbon insert in the Zefiro 40 motor of the Vega C rocket after a failure caused the destruction of two satellites.
Avio said it will carry out a broader review of the Vega C supply chain after completing the investigation into the December 2022 launch failure.
Avio was proceeding with plans to resume Vega launches in 2023-09-01 prior to the 2023-06-28 static-fire anomaly.
Avio reported that the new carbon-carbon material performed as expected during the 2023-06-28 test but that an unspecified anomaly occurred 40 seconds into the firing and caused a reduction of pressure before the 97-second firing ended.
AVIO SpA of Colleferro, Italy is the prime contractor of Vega C and is responsible for developing the launcher system and delivering a ready-to-fly launcher to Arianespace.
AVIO SpA of Colleferro, Italy is the prime contractor for Vega C and is responsible for developing the launcher system and delivering a ready-to-fly launcher to Arianespace at Europe’s Spaceport.
Avio will design and develop the Orbital Support and Propulsion Module for the mission’s orbital stages.
Thales Alenia Space is leading a Temporary Grouping of Companies that includes Leonardo, Telespazio, Avio, and D-Orbit for the In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission.
Avio will design and develop the Orbital Support and Propulsion Module for the orbital stages of the demonstration mission.
Avio is in charge of orbital support and developing a propulsion module for the servicer that will be based on a custom platform developed by Thales Alenia Space.
Avio signed contracts on 2023-03-13 with the Italian government, working through the European Space Agency, for a combined 285,300,000 EUR ($308,000,000) to fund two projects.