From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Howard.Gayle@CMU-780G@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: Ariane crashed Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3208 Posted: Fri Sep 10 08:53:23 1982 Received: Sat Sep 11 01:37:42 1982 According to the BBC World Service, the first commercial Ariane crashed into the sea a few minutes after launch. The first two stages functioned, but the third stage failed. Two satellites were aboard.