European Space Research OrganisationScout BSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
ESRO 2A
Launched
May 30, 1967
Image: NASA
Summary
ESRO 2A launched on an European Space Research Organisation Scout B from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 30, 1967. The mission failed. It was European Space Research Organisation's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 706th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Scout B flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO).
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout B · European Space Research Organisation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 8th Scout B flight · 3rd this yearEuropean Space Research Organisation's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 706th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
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About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
29th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 5th this year · 264th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
11 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ESRO 2A launch?
ESRO 2A launched on May 30, 1967. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ESRO 2A?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ESRO 2A?
Scout B, flown by European Space Research Organisation. Scout B spec sheet
Where did ESRO 2A launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit was ESRO 2A going to?
Polar Orbit (PO), a astrophysics mission.