Computer fault delays Ariane launch with ESA payload

Arianespace scrubbed its planned launch Friday of the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory after technicians in France discovered a fault in an on-board computer identical to the one mounted in the Vehicle Equipment Bay of the Ariane 44P booster ready to fly from Kourou, French Guiana...

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