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The “Arian Espace” group announced that the “Vega” space missile, which was launched on Monday night / from the Kourou base in French Guiana, malfunctioned minutes after its launch, causing the failure of the mission.
According to the group, the “Vega” space missile, which was launched on a mission to put two European satellites into orbit, “failed” on its course eight minutes after launch, causing the mission to fail.
The group’s chairman, Stephan Ezrael, said the missile that took off from the space base in Kuru at exactly 22:52 (01:52 GMT Tuesday) encountered after eight minutes a “malfunction” that caused it to “drift of its course “, highlighting that” the mission was lost “and the connection with the missile and with the two satellites on board was cut.
He added that shortly after the missile took off, “we noticed a deviation in its trajectory,” noting that “its speed is no longer what it was supposed to be.”
Later, “Ariane Espace” published a brief statement in which he reiterated what was announced by his boss, noting that “eight minutes after the mission took off, and immediately after the first start of the fourth stage engine, a deterioration was observed in the course, which made the mission lose. “
The group stated in its statement that it is “in the process of analyzing telemetry data to clarify the reasons for this failure.”
During its second mission this year, the “Vega” missile was supposed to place in the orbit of the Blue Planet at an altitude of 700 km from the earth’s surface, two European satellites to monitor the Earth and monitor natural phenomena.
Source: AFP
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