Three-Satellite Ariane 5 Launch Scrubbed

Mark Carreau August 01, 2020
Credit: Arianespace
The launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with three commercial satellites was scrubbed within two minutes of its planned 5:30 p.m. EDT July 31 liftoff from Kourou, French Guiana, due to an out-of-limit sensor indication associated with the first-stage liquid hydrogen propellant tank. The launch of a second...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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