Ariane 5 failure (3)
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The Ariane 5 rocket, launched by the European Space Agency on June 4, 1996, failed catastrophically just 40 seconds into its maiden flight due to a software error in the inertial reference system. The failure, resulting from a conversion issue with a floating point number, led to the loss of the rocket and its $500 million cargo, following a decade of development that cost $7 billion. Airbus Defence and Space was the prime contractor for the project, which is part of the Ariane program operated by Arianespace.
Ariane 5 failure (3)
- 1. Ariane 5 Failure... Group members are… Sujan M(TG/2017/248) Rifnas I(TG/2017/267) Zulmi Z(TG/2017/261)
- 2. Introduction June 4th 1996 Total failure of the Ariane 5 Lunacher on its maiden flight. launched by the European Space Agency development costing $7 billion. It turned out that the cause of the failure was a software error in the inertial reference system.
- 5. Owner of ariane 5. ● Airbus defence and Space is the Prime contractor for the vehicles a multi-country consortium of other European Contractor is the owners of Ariane 5 . ● Ariane 5 is operated and marketed by Arianespace as part of the Ariene programme. The rocket are launched by Arianespace from the Guiana space Center in French Guiana.
- 6. MAIN CAUSE OF THE FAILURE ● The flight exploded after 40 seconds. ● The rocket was made after the development of a decade. ● A board investigated that it happened due to the software error in the inertial reference system. ● Specifically the 64 bit floating point number relating to the horizontal velocity was converted to the 16 bit signed integer.
- 7. Development and Cost The rocket was on its first voyage, after a decade of development costing $7 billion. The destroyed rocket and its cargo were valued at $500 million. On June 4,1996 an unnamed Ariane 5 rocket launched by the European Space Agency exploded just 40 seconds after its lift-off from Kourou,French Guiana.