flown missionFailure
Ariane 5 G | Cluster
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 3 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Cluster
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- High Earth Orbit (HEO)
A constellation of four ESA spacecraft. These were intended to fly in a tetrahedral formation, and was inteded to conduct research into the Earth's magnetosphere.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- A software error led to integer overflow, causing the rocket to veer off its flight path 37 seconds after launch. This caused the vehicle to disintegrate under high aerodynamic forces, eventually self-destructing due to its flight termination system.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 G
- Family
- Ariane
- Variant
- G
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
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launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2390, -52.7680