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Europa LV
Europa LV - Europa launch vehicle

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Family: Ariane. Country: UK. Status: Hardware.

Europe's first space launcher. First stage British Blue Streak IRBM, second stage French, third stage German. All orbital launch attempts failed due to unreliability of third stage. Project cancelled after withdrawal of British support and replaced by Ariane.


Specifications

Launches: 11. Failures: 6. Success Rate: 45.45% pct. First Launch Date: 05 June 1964. Last Launch Date: 05 November 1971. Payload: 200 kg. to a: geosynchronous orbital trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 150,000 kgf. Total Mass: 104,670 kg. Core Diameter: 3.1 m. Total Length: 33.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 17.00 million. in 1985 unit dollars.


Europa Chronology


1961 Jan 30 -
1961 Nov 3 - Launch Site: Woomera .
1964 Jun 5 - LV Configuration: Europa-1 (1 stage). Launch Site: Woomera .
1964 Oct 1 - LV Configuration: Europa-1 (1 stage). Launch Site: Woomera .
1965 Mar 1 - LV Configuration: Europa-1 (1 stage). Launch Site: Woomera .
1966 May 24 - LV Configuration: Europa-1 (1 stage). Launch Site: Woomera .
1966 Nov 15 - LV Configuration: Europa-1 (1 stage). Launch Site: Woomera .
1967 Aug 4 - LV Configuration: Europa-1 (2 stage). Launch Site: Woomera . FAILURE: Second stage failed.
1967 Dec 5 - LV Configuration: Europa-1 (2 stage). Launch Site: Woomera . FAILURE: Second stage failed.
1968 Nov 29 - - 23:12 GMT. LV Configuration: Europa I s/n F-7. Launch Site: Woomera . Launch Complex: LA6A. FAILURE: Third stage failed.
1969 Jul 2 - - 22:55 GMT. LV Configuration: Europa I s/n F-8. Launch Site: Woomera . Launch Complex: LA6A. FAILURE: Third stage failed.
1970 Jun 12 - - 01:10 GMT. LV Configuration: Europa I s/n F-9. Launch Site: Woomera . Launch Complex: LA6A. FAILURE: Payload fairing failed to seperate.
1971 Nov 5 - - 13:00 GMT. LV Configuration: Europa II s/n F-11. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Complex: ELE. FAILURE: Structural failure of Third stage. Guidance signals were reversed.

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