With probable causes already streaming in from international assessment teams regarding the March 12 launch failure of The Boeing Co. [BA]-led Sea Launch consortium, the company began assembling the umbrella oversight board to verify the various findings. Sea Launch named Jim Maser, chief engineer at Sea Launch, as chairman of its Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board.

“We will make every effort to study the flight and the problem in a thorough, methodical and disciplined manner,” Maser said. “Our board will have representatives from our customer companies as well as from the satellite and aerospace industries.”

Each of the Sea Launch partners currently is conducting an independent investigation. The Ukrainian partner at KB Yuzhnoye stated that probable cause of the anomaly is related to a ground system software error that did not properly configure the propulsion system of the rocket’s second stage prior to liftoff.

The work of the board is expected to take several weeks in assessing the corrective action required for safe launching.

“We must have objective evidence that the root cause has been determined and corrected, with knowledgeable and confident concurrence from this team before we and return to flight,” Maser added. Once coming to closure, Sea Launch executives anticipate that activity will culminate in a launch this summer.