ASTRA
3B &
COMSATBw-2
–
Flight
194:Arianespace
sets
up a
Task
Force
and
conducts
a
Quality
Audit
Following
the
technical
difficulties
occurring
during
preparations
for
Flight
194,
Arianespace,
in
conjunction
with
its
partners
in
the
Ariane
5
program,
has
decided
to
set
up a
Task
Force
and
conduct
a
Quality
Audit.
·
The
Task
Force
was
formed
to
understand
and
correct
the
anomaly
occurring
during
the
countdown
on
Friday,
April
9,
which
led
to
the
postponement
of
Flight
194;
this
Task
Force
has
been
asked
to
submit
an
initial
report
on
Friday,
April
16.
·
The
Quality
Audit
is
designed
to
analyze
the
underlying
reasons
for
the
technical
difficulties
that
occurred,
and
to
propose
corrective
measures.
The
initial
conclusions
of
this
Audit
will
be
presented
before
Flight
194.
These
two
initiatives
will
be
conducted
concurrently
and
independently
of
each
other.
They
will
enable
Arianespace
to
set
a
new
date
for
Flight
194
as
soon
as
possible,
and
to
consolidate
the
manifest
for
the
following
launches.
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