First Vostochny launch scrubbed at T-1.5
The first launch at Russia’s new Vostochny spaceport yesterday was aborted by its computers at T-1.5 minutes.
The head of Russia’s Roscosmos, Igor Komarov, said the launch was halted automatically due to the glitches of the automated control system. He said the system may be restored in a day. “As usual, the responsibility for what is happening in the space sector rests with those people who are in charge of it and head it,” Komarov added.
I love how governments and their minions always use the word “glitch” when the really haven’t the slightest idea what went wrong.
Regardless, based on their plans to try again tomorrow, I suspect that the problem was relatively simple, related to the computer sensing some parameter that was outside expected tolerances, and easily fixed.
The first launch at Russia’s new Vostochny spaceport yesterday was aborted by its computers at T-1.5 minutes.
The head of Russia’s Roscosmos, Igor Komarov, said the launch was halted automatically due to the glitches of the automated control system. He said the system may be restored in a day. “As usual, the responsibility for what is happening in the space sector rests with those people who are in charge of it and head it,” Komarov added.
I love how governments and their minions always use the word “glitch” when the really haven’t the slightest idea what went wrong.
Regardless, based on their plans to try again tomorrow, I suspect that the problem was relatively simple, related to the computer sensing some parameter that was outside expected tolerances, and easily fixed.