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# Avio test fires Italian made green rocket engine for first time
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-02-24-avio-mpge-first-firing-test/
- Published: 2025-02-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T05:01:36.000Z
- Description: Italy's Avio ran the first bipropellant ignition tests of its Multi Purpose Green Engine prototype at Colleferro, under a PNRR funded programme. The hydrogen peroxide and kerosene engine is designed, built and tested wholly in Italy.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Avio press release via European Spaceflight, 24 February 2025](https://www.avio.com/press-release/mpge-engine-successful-first-bipropellant-firing-tests?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not show the engine qualified for flight or integrated into a launcher.

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