Second Ariane 1 flight (L02), the first launch under Arianespace, carrying ESA CAT-2, the German Firewheel magnetospheric science satellite with four subsatellites, and AMSAT-P3A amateur radio. First-stage combustion instability destroyed the vehicle shortly after liftoff from Kourou ELA-1.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 11 Ariane 1 flights
- Date and time
- 23 May 1980, 14:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- Launches in 1980
- 41st of 108