Europa I – European Launcher Development Organisation
- Family: Europa
- Length: 33 m
- Diameter: 3.05 m
- Launch Mass: 104 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 200 kg
The Europa I, manufactured by European Launcher Development Organisation established in 1961, undertook its inaugural launch on 11/29/1968. Notably, Europa I has 0 successful launches and 3 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 3 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
