June 4th - on this day in 1996, ESA - European Space Agency conducted the first launch of its Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle. The payload consisted of four 1,200 kg Cluster satellites, which were intended to conduct research into the Earth's magnetosphere. 37 seconds after liftoff from CSG Centre spatial guyanais, the rocket veered off course and began to disintegrate, prior to being destroyed by the Range Safety Officer. The reasons for the failure were multiple embarrassing software errors
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