[meteorite-list] New Ariane 5 Rocket Fails; Rosetta January Launch in Jeopardy

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:34 2004
Message-ID: <200212120750.XAA16134_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v157/index.html

New Ariane 5 fails
BY JUSTIN RAY AND STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
December 11, 2002

Arianespace was hit by a massive setback Wednesday night when the
upgraded Ariane 5 rocket failed minutes into its debut flight,
plummeting into the Atlantic Ocean with two communications satellites
aboard.

[snip]

It is not yet known what the impact will be on the next Ariane 5 launch,
scheduled for the evening of January 12, carrying the European Space
Agency's Rosetta comet probe. That craft must leave Earth within a
tight 20-day period to achieve the proper trajectory.
Received on Thu 12 Dec 2002 02:50:42 AM PST