Status
Launch Failure
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.
Description
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.
Details
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
High Earth Orbit (HEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Tue, Jun 4, 1996, 12:34
Weather
Pro