“Series of human errors” likely reason for loss of Vega VV17 – SpaceWatch.Global

Paris, 17 November 2020. A human error in the integration of the fourth stage seems to be a likely reason for the loss of the Vega mission VV17 from Kourou Monday night, Arianespace said.
Initial investigations, conducted overnight with the available telemetry and production data, led to the assumption that a problem related to the integration of the fourth-stage AVUM nozzle activation system was the most likely cause of the loss of control of the launcher, Arianespace said.
The company indicated…

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