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1 matching record

1. 1980 46 years ago

   Firewheel — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests

   Mission: Firewheel

   Ariane 1 launched on the Firewheel flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch failure.