Ariane 5 Launch Aborted After Main Engine Ignition

摘要

A European Ariane 5 rocket aborted its attempted launch of two new communications satellites March 30 due to a main engine glitch seven seconds after the engine ignited. The Ariane 5 rocket was poised to blast off at 5:45 p.m. EDT from a launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, when the malfunction occurred.