PARIS — Vega rocket prime contractor Avio SpA has agreed to accept closer oversight and operations verifications by the European Space Agency (ESA) and launch-service provider Arianespace as a result of an investigation into the Nov. 17 Vega failure.
The investigation of the Independent Enquiry Commission, whose results were released Dec. 18, confirmed what earlier telemetry data had suggested: a faulty installation of cabling in Vega’s Avum upper stage thrust vector control (TVC), which caused the Avum stage to veer off course:
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