Florin,
That explanation seems perfectly reasonable, considering how the upper
stage actually performed in flight. It is common for the first-stage to be
on a pre-programmed trajectory and then the 2nd stage will try to find
itself in space and do some guidance. This would not be the first time a
software error that simple has caused a failure. The first flight of Ariane
5 was caused by re-using old code. When maintaining some legacy flight
software that is decades old, it seems reasonable that someone could have
simply Fregat to update the launch coordinates.
Lars
Thanks,
Lars Osborne
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Florin Mingireanu <
florin.mingireanu82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/28/russian-space-agency-
denies-programming-error-bungled-rocket-launch/
I read this news at the end of last year and re-found it earlier today.
Does anybody have any more information on what was the cause of the failure?
The official explanation seems a little bit... far fetched.
Thanks,
Florin