Europa II
In-activeEuropean Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO)
Nov. 5, 1971
Description
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.
Specifications
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Stages
4 -
Length
31.7 m -
Diameter
3.05 m -
Fairing Diameter
3.05 m -
Launch Mass
111.0 T -
Thrust
1512.0 kN
Family
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Name
Europa II -
Family
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Variant
II -
Alias
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Full Name
Europa II
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
1160.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
360.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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European Launcher Development Organisation
Government
None
ELDO 1961The 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.
Flight Record
No spaceflights found for .
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