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.