• Ariane flight V88 was the failed maiden flight of the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, vehicle no. 501, on 4 June 1996. It carried the Cluster spacecraft,...
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    "Investigation Pinpoints Cause of Ariane 5 Partial Failure". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 26 January 2021. "V88 Ariane 501" (in French). 1997. Archived from...
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    now retired Ariane 5 rocket. ELA-3 is 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) in size. Spaceflight portal "Europe's spaceport". ESA. "V88 Ariane 501" (in French)...
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    communicate. Software has played a role in many high-profile disasters: Ariane flight V88 Mars Climate Orbiter TAURUS — UK share settlement system and dematerialized...
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  • European Space Agency's Ariane flight V88 was destroyed 40 seconds after takeoff (June 4, 1996). The first flight of the Ariane V rocket self-destructed...
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  • Cluster satellite network, was to be launched on 4 June 1996 on board Ariane flight V88, but the launch was a disaster; historical solar records at the Armagh...
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    before the first attempt to launch Cluster on board the ill-fated Ariane flight V88 of Ariane 5 and 34 years before the spacecraft mission was successfully...
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    newly designed Ariane 5 rocket. After spending a month on Clipperton setting up and calibrating radar equipment to monitor Ariane flight V88, the mission...
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