Why did the computer put the launch countdown on hold at t-minus five minutes?
Replied byPawan Kumar Chandana
Co-founder & CEO at Skyroot Aerospace
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Pre-Revenue/month
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Started: 2018
The automatic launch sequence detected a minor software mismatch where the computer's past memory did not align with current data. It was not a hardware failure, so once we cleared the memory mismatch and restarted, the sequence resumed and worked perfectly.
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