By Guy Collins (auth.)
This e-book strains the advance of the ecu house programme from its pre-1970 beginnings to the customers for eu ventures past the yr 2000. It appears to be like on the failure of the Europa Rocket programme, and the improvement of the profitable Ariane programme.
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Two minutes 25 seconds into the flight the first stage burn ended precisely on schedule, the rocket climbing to a height of 47 kilometres and hitting a speed of more than 6500 kilometres per hour. It was still just visible from the launch site as the first stage dropped away into the ocean and the second stage Viking 4 engine ignited. As the rocket continued on its fiery path it was being tracked, initially by the Kourou telemetric station, then the tracking station at Natal, Brazil, and, as it headed towards the west coast of Africa, the US-operated tracking station on Ascension Island.
It was also unclear to what extent the rocket's fuel tanks were becoming corroded, and failure to launch by New Year could force ESA to scrap the rocket on the pad and send for a replacement. The countdown progressed into the early afternoon until, with barely two minutes to go, the computers again decreed a halt. This time the problem lay with a pressure valve on the third-stage hydrogen tank, which had closed too slowly. An attempt to restart the count was initially foiled by one of the ground computers, which refused to transmit the order - so technicians were forced to improvise rapidly to override the faulty circuit.
As ESRO director-general Alexander Hocker recalled later M. S. Candide was stationed in the roaring forties, where throughout the mission the wind averaged force seven, and at times reached force 11. Part of the antenna was carried away, and the ship was continually rolling and pitching, making both operations and maintenance extremely difficult. The cramped accommodation, vibration and limited food and water added to the rigours of the voyage. 10 The operation continued until the end of October, when the satellite went into eclipse.
