@amazeify.storeA single number helped bring down Ariane 5. 🚀 Its guidance system tried to squeeze a horizontal-speed value into a 16-bit integer. The overflow shut down both systems, and the rocket received commands based on bad data. What part of this chain surprised you most? #Ariane5 #RocketScience
@eurospacehistory.bsky.social#ThisWeek in 2003, Europe's first mission to the #Moon, SMART-1, was launched on 27 September, on #Ariane5 flight #V162. The spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit on 15 November 2004 🧪 🔭
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@janus-faber.fr#PS : Encore un décollage et un vol sans l'ombre d'un problème pour #Ariane5 ! 🚀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa6_RJdSmSI&t=2140s
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