Re: Ariane 502

Neil Clifford (clifford@astro.ox.ac.uk)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 14:33:49 +0000 (GMT)

|>> The Ariane 502 test flight took off this morning at 0843 UTC after a
|>> 43 minute delay due to payload telemetry problems.
|>
|>You mean 13h43 UTC right?

er yes whoops... (0843 EST if you like)

|>What a pity the camera in Kourou didn't show the initial stages of the
|>launch live.

All the ESA feeds (I could see) lost it for the first minute.
The payloads have reportedly separated from the upper stage and all is
going well.

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Neil Clifford                                       <neil@satellite.eu.org>
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