Sergi Manstov - 8/10/2005 7:20 PMLaunch success!
astropl - 8/10/2005 1:22 PMQuoteSergi Manstov - 8/10/2005 7:20 PMLaunch success!Unfortunately not... Communication with rocket enden in T+319 sec, Rosaviacosmos said the rocket was failed. http://rian.ru/incidents/20051008/41642377.htmlNext Rockot launches was suspended: http://rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20051008/41642471.htmlInfo (in polish language) is on: http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/n051001.htm#03
SimonShuttle - 8/10/2005 8:47 PMQuoteastropl - 8/10/2005 1:22 PMQuoteSergi Manstov - 8/10/2005 7:20 PMLaunch success!Unfortunately not... Communication with rocket enden in T+319 sec, Rosaviacosmos said the rocket was failed. http://rian.ru/incidents/20051008/41642377.htmlNext Rockot launches was suspended: http://rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20051008/41642471.htmlInfo (in polish language) is on: http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/n051001.htm#03England vs Poland on Wednesday
A new satellite to help provide insight into one of the more controversial environmental issues being faced today failed to reach orbit to begin its mission to monitor crucial changes in Earth's polar ice caps because its rocket booster's flight computer had a missing command..."Preliminary analysis of the telemetry data indicates that the first stage performed nominally. The second stage performed nominally until main engine cut-off was to occur. Due to a missing command from the onboard flight control system the main engine continued to operate until depletion of the remaining fuel," the satellite's owner, the European Space Agency, said in a statement announcing the launch failure. "As a consequence, the separation of the second stage from upper stage did not occur. Thus, the combined stack of the two stages and the CryoSat satellite fell into the nominal drop zone north of Greenland close to the North Pole into high seas with no consequences to populated areas."