1967 · European Space Research Organisation
ESRO 2A
failureScout B | ESRO 2A
ESRO 2 (European Space Research Organisation), Iris (International Radiation Investigation Satellite) was a 75 kg spin-stabilized spacecraft. On the launch of ESRO 2A, the third stage vehicle failed and the spacecraft did not achieve orbit.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 30, 1967 at 02:06 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5
- Mission
- ESRO 2A
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit