Europa·European Launcher Development Organisation
Europa II
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 31.7 m
- Diameter
- 3.05 m
- Mass
- 111,000 kg
- Stages
- 4
- Thrust
- 1,512 kN
- 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.