>On June 4, 1996 an unmanned Ariane 5 rocket launched by the
>European Space Agency exploded just forty seconds after its
>lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana.

Hmm, that is the one that got me into doing space electronics. That rocket
had the whole 4 Cluster satellites on it, and dumped the lot into the
marshes. I got involved in building replacement instruments for the Cluster
II satellites.

Alan (who was "up close and personal" to an Ariane 5 last month, and has a
satellite launch on one in about a week).

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