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1968 · European Space Research Organisation

ESRO 2B

successScout B | ESRO 2B

ESRO 2 (European Space Research Organisation), Iris (International Radiation Investigation Satellite) was a 75 kg spin-stabilized spacecraft.

Overview

Date / time: May 17, 1968 at 02:06 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 5
Mission: ESRO 2B
Mission type: Astrophysics
Orbit achieved: Polar Orbit

Launch provider

European Space Research Organisation →

Payloads deployed · 1