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UPDATE on Galileo Launch Injection Anomaly

posted by janrinok on Saturday August 30 2014, @04:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-just-leave-this-here-but-it-should-have-been-there dept.

AnonTechie writes:

The European Space Agency's (ESA's) embarrassment at having two of its Galileo satnav birds land in the wrong orbit has been blamed on bad programming of the Soyuz craft that hauled the satellites aloft. Russia's Izviestia reports that an investigation of the incident found that the Soyuz's first stage did all that was asked of it. So did the second stage, but that vehicle had been programmed incorrectly.

[Izviestia reports]: http://izvestia.ru/news/575880 [In Russian]

[Google Translation]: https://translate.google.co.in/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fizvestia.ru%2Fnews%2F575880&edit-text=

 
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  • (Score: 0, Redundant) by jcm on Saturday August 30 2014, @03:01PM

    by jcm (4110) on Saturday August 30 2014, @03:01PM (#87566)

    Why did the ESA use russian launchers now ?

    Do they realize that there is a boycott against Russia because of Ukraine ?

    I won't insinuate that the satellites's launch was sabotaged, but using russian launchers is a political act.
    You cannot publicly claim that you have to boycott Russia while you use their resources, it's completely schizophrenic !

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DrMag on Saturday August 30 2014, @03:11PM

    by DrMag (1860) on Saturday August 30 2014, @03:11PM (#87567)

    Usually the contracts for these launches are made well in advance; I suspect the deal was struck before anyone had a clue what would occur in Ukraine.

    • (Score: 2) by mrchew1982 on Saturday August 30 2014, @06:44PM

      by mrchew1982 (3565) on Saturday August 30 2014, @06:44PM (#87625)

      They probably should have canceled given the current situations. I doubt that this was state sponsored, probably some engineer pissed off that he can't get certain parts or creature comforts anymore... At least that's who will be blamed!

      Makes me worry about the future of the ISS. It really is a modern marvel, hate to see something happen because of a petty turf war.

      We're rushing straight into Cold-War 2.0 it seems, with Ukraine serving as the modern Vietnam. I know that isn't the best comparison, Vietnam was more of a truly indigenous Civil war, but we certainly are trying to help without really getting involved...