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The Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Italian: Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali, CIRA) is a consortium established in July 1984 to promote the growth and success of the aerospace industry in Italy (its head-office is in Capua). The majority of CIRA share capital is held by government organizations: the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the National Research Council of Italy (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR).

Spaceplane technology

CIRA is developing spaceplane technology using its facilities for numerical simulation and ground tests, and has flown its first transonic flight test of a "flying test-bed" (FTB) vehicle dropped from a high-altitude balloon. CIRA intends to develop FTB vehicles by 2012 that can perform atmospheric reentry from low Earth orbit, launched using the Vega space launch system. This is consistent with the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) plan of the European Space Agency.

Since 2005, CIRA is a partner of the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC).

References

  1. "General Information - CIRA". CIRA. Archived from the original on 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  2. ^ Tariq Malik (12 March 2007). "Italian Firm Hails Test of Unmanned Spacecraft Prototype". Space.com.
  3. "USV Program". CIRA. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  4. "European rocket research programs: USV, IXV, FLPP". HobbySpace. 2008-02-24. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

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Organizations that deal with humanistic and sociologic studiesAssociation for International and Comparative Studies in Labour and Industrial Relations · Artmedia · Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam · CESNUR · Collegio Carlo Alberto · Dondena Centre · German Historical Institute in Rome · Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice · Istituto Affari Internazionali · Institute for International Political Studies · Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen · Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient · Institutum Romanum Finlandiae · John XXIII Foundation of Religious Sciences· NEXA Center for Internet and Society · Romanian Academy in Rome · Swedish Institute in Rome · Villa I Tatti


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