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1039564800
Wednesday, December 11. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC
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Wednesday, December 11, 2002
First flight of the ESC-A variant of the Ariane 5 is a failure, with the rocket and the two communications satellites it was carrying destroyed a few minutes after lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana.
Source:
Wikipedia