SPACEFLIGHT NOW August 9, 2000 -- Follow the launches of two Russian Soyuz rockets with ESA's quartet of Cluster 2 space weather satellites. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.				Pre-launch briefing Cluster to rise from the ashes Anatomy of a Cluster II spacecraft Into orbit Unique 3-D science Studying the Sun-Earth connection Video vault A Starsem Soyuz lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 16 carrying the first pair of Cluster II satellites into orbit.   PLAY (253k, 39sec QuickTime file) Animation depicts the launch of a pair of Cluster 2 satellites aboard a Starsem Soyuz equipped with a Fregat upper stage.   PLAY (352k, 30sec QuickTime file) The first quartet of Cluster satellites is destroyed when Europe's Ariane 5 explodes soon after launch on June 4, 1996.   PLAY (216k, 18sec QuickTime file) Download QuickTime 4 software to view this file.