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PUBLISHED: 14:31 GMT, 22 July 2014 | UPDATED: 22:28 GMT, 22 July 2014
ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, IXV, is tilted and turned along and around all three axes at ESA's Technical Centre, ESTEC, in the Netherlands to measure its centre of gravity and moments of inertia, because both influence its flying characteristics.