STV 4
Europa II
European Launcher Development Organisation
Mission
STV 4
Type: Test Flight
Mass model of the Symphonie communications satellite.
Trajectory
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Location
Ariane Launch Area 1
Kourou, French Guiana
317 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Rocket
Europa II – European Launcher Development Organisation
- Family: Europa
- Length: 31.7 m
- Diameter: 3.05 m
- Launch Mass: 111 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1160 kg
The Europa II was manufactured by European Launcher Development Organisation with the first launch on 1971-11-05. Europa II has 0 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 1 launches. The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency (ESA). It was developed with the aim to delivering space access technology, and more specifically to facilitate the deployment of European-wide telecommunication and meteorological satellites into orbit.
Agency
European Launcher Development Organisation – ELDO
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: ELDO
- Founded: 1961
- Country: EUR
The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) is a former European space research organization. It was first developed in order to establish a satellite launch vehicle for Europe. The three-stage rocket developed was named Europa, after the mythical Greek god. Overall, there were 10 launches that occurred under ELDO’s funding.
