Europa II
Europa family · European Launcher Development Organisation · Retired
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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 1,512 kN
- Height
- 31.7 m
- Diameter
- 3.05 m
- Launch mass
- 111 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 1,160 kg
- GTO capacity
- 360 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
0%
0 of 1
Current success streak
0
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Europa II | STV 4 — Failure