Space travel with a new language in tow
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 13:01
in Astronomy & Space
Last Friday, for the first time ever, SES, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator, has allowed an Ariane 5 rocket to transport a TV satellite into space, which is made by Astrium and runs entirely on latest generation software. Every single one of the programs used to operate the satellite was written in the new satellite language SPELL.