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Ariane 5

tw0nk · 2003-12-01 18:56:52

Hi does anyone know anything about Ariane 5 rocket that exploded on june 4 1996? Im looking for websites, journals , logs, or especially reasons for failure linked to the system analysis stage of design, thanks.

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01-12-2003 7:56pm

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tw0nk

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Hi does anyone know anything about Ariane 5 rocket that exploded on june 4 1996?

Im looking for websites, journals , logs, or especially reasons for failure linked to the system analysis stage of design, thanks.

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#2 01-12-2003 8:05pm
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Best I can find on the ESA site is this:

http://www.esa.int/export/esaLA/Pr_33_1996_p_EN.html

The pdf download at the bottom is to the 60page Inquiry report.

Hope thats of use.

Cheers,
~Al
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#3 01-12-2003 11:54pm
Deacon Blues

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Short article by James Gleick (author of Chaos): http://www.around.com/ariane.html

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/stephen_marshall/SE/Failures/SE_Ariane.html

http://archive.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/technology/contract/ariane/page.html

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#4 03-12-2003 1:05am
tw0nk

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thanks everyone, got it all sorted.

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