Last-second abort for Ariane 5 rocket

[interventiontown]

Hahahahaahahahhaahaaaa this is Lucky:D

[Rakma74]

@cristohv

1. Ariane 5 is the space commercial launch world leader

2. It happens 6 times with the shuttle...

Please, don't speak about subject you absolutely don't know... Thanks in advance...

[jpourkav]

@Rakma74 well if you want to get down to some facts, here goes.... Ariane 5 has had 57 missions, 4 of which were failures. This leaves Arianne 5 with a 92.98% success rate.

On the other hand, the shuttle has had 133 missions, with 2 failures. This puts the shuttle at a 98.50% success rate.

Conclusion: While both launch systems are quite amazing, the shuttle has clearly outperformed Ariane5.

[HISTGEO7]

@jpourkav The shuttle killed 14 men and women; Ariane5 none...; they were just 2 failures (V501 and V157), the two others were partial successes (the satellites didn't reach their initial orbit). Compared to the launch costs and the budgets, Ariane5 clearly outperformed the Shuttle...

[jpourkav]

@HISTGEO7 if the satellite did not reach the initial orbit, the mission is still a failure because the satellite is useless... I'm not sure if you looked at my numbers there, but the shuttle has a higher success rate regardless of how many people died. Arianne was never meant to put people in space so you cant really bring the crew losses into the equation. And if you want to go deeper, the ssme engines outperform arianes Vulcain engine and can put a lot more payload into orbit.

[TheJascal]

Love the garden lattice behind the 'consoles'.

[zee252525]

Forgot to release the parking brake?

[bildupbilddown]

Well, that wasn't very productive - the Space Agency lads say no one knows what went wrong, and I dropped €30,- at Hold 'Em.

[numi1337]

I always thougt that it's stupid to have this 7 seconds hold to test the engine for malfunctions because it works anyway. It seems like I was wrong and they do need it. Atleast the abort system seems to work very well so this can still count as a delay and not as a failure and won't bring an end to Arianespace's impressive streak of succes.

[CometLol]

I thought this video had something to do with the "Arian Race" when I saw the title.

[cristohv]

leave the space explorations for u.s. and russia...they obviously know what their doing

[batbawls]

@cristohv What if the U.S. had simply done what you suggest when Sputnik was successfully launched? I think the more mistakes we make as individual nations increases the chance of great success as a species.

[SchmidtyXX]

@batbawls This is so wrong. People...humans....have been at war causing mayhem and generally being the plight of earth for thousands upon thousands of years. All that is changed is we have more weapons, more idols that you can count on your hand, we are a divided species.

[batbawls]

@SchmidtyXX And yet we continue to explore, none the less. What you describe will continue to exist long after you and I are gone.

[armatus99]

@cristohv indeed, thats why 2 of their nice space shuttles already burned up....we have a saying in germany, if you dont know shit, just keep your mouth shut. they all know very well what their doing.

[maugustyniak]

@cristohv Chauvinist comment. Might want to check your grammar, or, ahem, leave english language comments to English-speaking people.

[2007ASpaceOdyssey]

At least the didn't light the SRBs. After that happens there is no turning back.

Which is also why SRBs should never be used on a manned booster again. I am looking at you Ares

[zdzichuBG]

Hahaha, żabojady!

[plrlove]

@zdzichuBG Show me your rocket, please! And by the way, frogs are delicious! :)

[TehSmellulare]

C'mon France, seriously? Haha

[zcxvasdfqwer1234]

Guy at 1:00 is like "What the hell man!"

[selearemus]

esa fail

[plrlove]

@selearemus That's not a failure. The rocket and the satellite are intact. The rocket should be able to launch after a minor reconditioning. It's actually very impressive that the launch could be aborted moments before the liftoff. Losing the satellite would be much worse, let alone an explosion on the launch table.

[bildupbilddown]

I'm playing poker with some guys from the European Space agency tonight. I'll let you know what actually went wrong tomorrow. :-)

[SquiffyBoggle]

1:05 in. Check the reflection in the glass. "Don't ask me, I don't know why it's still there!".

[azdgariarada]

@chriswaterrockets Merci :-)

[screamjackson]

epic launch man!

or in french

épiques homme lancement! lmao

[azdgariarada]

Anybody speak Le French?

What do they say around 0:27?

Does it simply translate to "fuck, it's broke"?

[IlGenioDelMale]

@azdgariarada

At every DDO (not sure about this) attention for final countdouwn

[HISTGEO7]

@IlGenioDelMale At everybody (FROM the) DDO (director of operations)

[bildupbilddown]

@azdgariarada He says, 'We have ignition.'

[vaitripleseven]

@azdgariarada I'd say it goes like "anomal Vulcain" (Vulcain being the Ariane's engine).

[ioresult]

@azdgariarada He says "Allumage vulcain", or "Vulcain Ignition". I think he was just looking for something to say. He was as confused as any of them.

[Sender1988]

@azdgariarada He said: "allumage vulcain" ... "vulcain switched on"

[TeslaTemplars]

@azdgariarada allumage Vulcan= Vulcan start (Vulcan is the name of the main engine)

[ostieguy]

@azdgariarada Nah, he said "allumage vulcain" which means "Ignition Vulcan" which is the main engine I'm guessing.

[leborde]

@azdgariarada they are saying Allumage Vulcain: Ingition Vulcain (the engine).

[azdgariarada]

@leborde Thanks. I didn't understand the first 15 people who answered my 3 week old question, but you saying the exact same thing really clarified matters!!

[tenka75]

"Allumage Vulcain"

"switching on Vulcan"

[kimahrikku3]

@azdgariarada No, he said "allumage Vulcain", which roughly translates to "Vulcain [engine] ignition"

[JeanFredericP]

@azdgariarada They say, in french: "Allumage Vulcain" which means "Igniting Vulcain". Vulcain is the cryogenic first stage rocket engines on the Ariane 5.

[bloodcrest007]

FAIL!

[bbrockert]

Is it just me, or does the control room look like it's straight out of the 1970s?

[0xyzabcx0]

@bbrockert I think you've identified the problem: the control room is located in 1975, 36 years in the past! They need to establish a more stable temporal connection to launch the rocket successfully.

[Trackman2007]

@bbrockert I had no idead what you mean until i got it on the screen :D it looks like 70s indeed

[misterbearbe]

@bbrockert because of the camera being used :)

[leborde]

@bbrockert no, it's not you, it's like that. But it's efficient.

[Ruudsosalsa]

@bbrockert

That's because it basically is. This space centre is operational since 1968

[jerseymikekey]

"Oh la la..."