Removing the clamp band from the Launch Vehicle Adapter

Date: 10 August 2012
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Launch Vehicle Adapter after separation test
Location: European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), the Netherlands
Copyright: ESA
After completion of the Mercury Composite Spacecraft /Launch Vehicle Adapter (LVA) separation shock test, the clamp band is removed from the LVA in the Test Centre at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Last Update: 1 September 2019