Update on IXV simulation 16:15 CET

Update from ESA’s Gerhard Billig, Flight Operations Director at the IXV mission control centre at Altec in Turin, on today’s launch simulation. Current as of 16:15 CET

Countdown nominal; we are getting TM [telemetry] from IXV and can monitor the preparations at Kourou. The network countdown and ground segment internal tests have been successfully completed already.

IXV simulation at MCC Altec Turin 6 Feb Credit: ESA