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From: john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
Subject: ARIANE-5 Failure
Date: 1996/06/06
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Date: 1996-06-06T00:00:00+00:00
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I have heard that the failure of the Ariane 5 rocket's first launch on
Tuesday was caused by a software fault in the attitude control system.


Does anyone know whether Ada was used on that system, and if so, who
designed and built the software, and which compiler and target were
used.

Thanks in advance for any information you might have.


Best Regards
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>