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Europa II

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
31.7 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Mass
111,000 kg
Stages
4
Payload to LEO
1,160 kg
Payload to GTO
360 kg
First flight
1971-11-05
Total launches
1
Success / Fail
0 / 1

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.