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A fault in the cooling system the failure of Ariane-V
Paris, France - The enquiry commission has outlined the causes of the incident
It has been a trouble in the cooling system of the Vulcain-II engine to provoke the explosion of Ariane-V rocket that last December 11 saw to go in pieces the European attempt to play a prominent role, but above all independently, to send in orbit its own satellites. Indeed for that mission had been allot on board two expensive telecommunication satellites, the Hot Bird-7 of the Eutelsat, and the...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 38229
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency