So far everything went well: 14 Time, the unmanned European Vega carrier rockets are launched since 2012, with their cargo successfully. This time there was a Problem.
About two minutes after launch from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana the European Vega rocket crashed into the sea. According to a video transmission, the rocket came shortly after the Start of your planned Route. The reasons for the failure are still unclear. “On behalf of Arianespace, I would like to apologise to our customers for the loss of their cargo,” said a spokeswoman for the missile operator.
The Vega rocket was supposed to bring the earth observation satellite “FalconEye1” of the United Arab Emirates to All. The Vega is the smallest carrier in the Arsenal of Arianespace. The company belongs to the Ariane Group, which in turn is a joint venture of European aerospace group Airbus and French engine manufacturer Safran.
Success for the Japanese space
Some 300 million kilometers away from earth, Japan’s space was able to report a happy landing. The space probe “Hayabusa 2” put on for the second Time on the on the asteroid Ryugu. The probe should collect in the case of short landing, samples of Material that lies below the surface of the asteroid, and the atmosphere in contact came. The researchers want to come up with the Mission of the German centre for air and space travel (DLR) is involved, the origins of the solar system on the track.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideFirst Start-up successfully
Russia sent the first Time a Soyuz rocket from its new spaceport in Vostochny. Thus, the space of the airport is taken in the Amur region in operation.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwide4 Years Of Work
The decision to build a new space station, met with Russia already in the year 2007. But it was only in 2012, the construction began. From what I saw last August at the construction site.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideFrom here, launch the missiles
Construction of the launch pad in Vostochny. In China and Russia, the word Baikonur is a space station commonly.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideBaikonur in Kazakhstan
Previously, Russia used to launch his rocket with the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Since the disintegration of the USSR Russia has to pay for the lease of 117 million dollars every year.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideKourou, French Guyana
The space station, the European space Agency, ESA, at Kourou in French Guiana, just a few hundred kilometers from the Equator.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideCape Canaveral, USA
The U.S. Air Force launches their rockets from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Right next door the the Kennedy Space Center, space station, NASA is.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideTanegashima in Japan
The space port of the Japanese space Agency, JAXA, is located on the Japanese island of Tanegashima.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideJiuquan, China
Jiuquan is the oldest and largest spaceport in the people’s Republic of China. It is located to the North-East of the city of Jiuquan in Inner Mongolia.
-
From anywhere in space: space stations worldwideInterior view
And so the vast halls of the world from space train station from the inside. This is in the Chinese space port Jiuquan. Here is just a rocket, is loaded with a space vehicle.
fab/AR (dpa, afp)