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Ariane Rocket Detonates! |
Posted on Thursday, December 12 @ 14:06:48 UTC by just_dave
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Reuters
Thursday, December 12, 2002; Page A42
KOUROU, French Guiana, Dec. 11 -- The delayed launch of the first upgraded European Ariane 5 rocket ended in disaster today when it exploded soon after liftoff from French Guiana, sending two satellites plunging into the Atlantic Ocean.
The explosion was the fourth failure of an Ariane 5 rocket in its 14-mission history. The failure could halt Ariane 5 flights indefinitely... O_o
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Arianespace's chief executive, Jean-Yves Le Gall, said the rocket stopped functioning three minutes after launch.
"At this stage it is too early to give precise reasons for this failure," he said.
The rocket was carrying a Hot Bird 7 satellite owned by the Paris-based operator Eutelsat. It had an estimated value of $250 million. OUCH!!
The second satellite, Stentor, was an experimental project worth $385 million. It was developed by the French space agency CNES, France Telecom and the French defense procurement agency.
Europe suffered another space disaster last month when a Russian Proton rocket failed to put a European communications satellite into its proper orbit.
The French-made Astra 1K, the world's biggest communications satellite, was boosted out of its incorrect orbit and plunged into the southern Pacific Ocean this week.
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Re: Ariane Rocket Detonates! (Score: 1)
by DRUFER on Thursday, December 12 @ 19:27:24 UTC
(User Info | Send a Message) | | shit. thats ALOT of money blowing up right there.....wonder if they could of just not built it and payed for my HS classes college education.... |
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Re: Ariane Rocket Detonates! (Score: 1)
by CaptainEO on Friday, December 13 @ 01:28:25 UTC
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.dcine.com | Bang! Satellites are usually insured, so the only one taking a loss is the insurance company. (you can bet premiums on the next Ariane launch are going to be pretty high :) )
A few years ago a Delta launched from Cape Canaveral malfunctioned and had to be blown up at low altitude. Some of the falling debris landed on nearby parked cars, destroying them. NASA bought everyone who had lost a car a brand new one of the same model (regardless of the old one's condition). Now all of the Cape Canaveral personnel try to park as close to the Delta pads as possible :). (this story was related to me by a guy who works at the Cape) |
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