From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,210e6985d1cbe73d,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-08 00:55:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.ems.psu.edu!news.litech.org!news.nosignal.org!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Report on failure of Ariane flight 157 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:56:19 +0100 Organization: Guest of France Telecom Oleane's newsreading service Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.axlog.fr X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 1042016058 4422 195.25.228.57 (8 Jan 2003 08:54:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:54:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32733 Date: 2003-01-08T09:56:19+01:00 List-Id: The inquiry board reported yesterday, press release available at http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/03_01_07_release_index.html In short: The failure was due to a failure of the cooling system of the nozzle of the Vulcain-2 engine. It was the first flight of the Vulcain-2; previous flights used a Vulcain-1. No software involved. -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr