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There were no last payload to be delivered. The remaining payload was intended to deorbit along with the second stage.

cabirum 2y ago
"but the mission ended with the launcher coasting in orbit without releasing its final batch of payloads.", Reuters[1]. [1]: https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/europes-ariane-6-rocket-set-maiden-flight-after-data-glitch-2024-07-09/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/europes-ariane-6-ro...
adolph 2y ago
The plan was for the last payloads to separate from second stage and deorbit along with it. That was the delivery. 35:13 end of this the upper stage will flip in space and restart the Vinci engine to break and set itself on a collision 35:19 course with Earth burning up in our atmosphere and limiting space debris but before it touches atmosphere two 35:26 capsules are set to detach and had on their own mission to survive the extreme temperatures of the re-entry and all 35:32 three elements will then splash down in the Pacific Ocean far away from civilization this will end our mission [0] [...] 4:42:58 according to this new situation which means that the Vinci engine decided not 4:43:04 to restart because there was no ipu uh operating so he was not in a good condition to restart and so there was a 4:43:12 passivation of the upper stage which was triggered in order to make it an object 4:43:18 which does not create um dangers of debris and the passivation works 4:43:25 perfectly according to plan uh and also it was the the launcher system decided 4:43:32 automatically not to to release the two capsules the two passengers because it 4:43:39 would have created additional debr and so uh we have an event which is not 4:43:44 understood yet which is why did the Apu stop but all the rest of the mission was [1] 0. https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=2113 https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=2113 1. https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=16978 https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=16978

"but the mission ended with the launcher coasting in orbit without releasing its final batch of payloads.", Reuters[1]. [1]: https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/europes-ariane-6-rocket-set-maiden-flight-after-data-glitch-2024-07-09/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/europes-ariane-6-ro...

adolph 2y ago

The plan was for the last payloads to separate from second stage and deorbit along with it. That was the delivery. 35:13 end of this the upper stage will flip in space and restart the Vinci engine to break and set itself on a collision 35:19 course with Earth burning up in our atmosphere and limiting space debris but before it touches atmosphere two 35:26 capsules are set to detach and had on their own mission to survive the extreme temperatures of the re-entry and all 35:32 three elements will then splash down in the Pacific Ocean far away from civilization this will end our mission [0] [...] 4:42:58 according to this new situation which means that the Vinci engine decided not 4:43:04 to restart because there was no ipu uh operating so he was not in a good condition to restart and so there was a 4:43:12 passivation of the upper stage which was triggered in order to make it an object 4:43:18 which does not create um dangers of debris and the passivation works 4:43:25 perfectly according to plan uh and also it was the the launcher system decided 4:43:32 automatically not to to release the two capsules the two passengers because it 4:43:39 would have created additional debr and so uh we have an event which is not 4:43:44 understood yet which is why did the Apu stop but all the rest of the mission was [1] 0. https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=2113 https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=2113 1. https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=16978 https://youtu.be/B0oFpOJaIYc?t=16978