Europa II Launch Vehicle
Europa II adapted Europa I for geostationary missions by adding an Italian solid perigee kick stage and inertial guidance. Its sole launch, F11 from Kourou in 1971, broke up after a guidance failure; F12 was completed but never launched before the programme was cancelled.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Europa 2ELDO PASPerigee-Apogee System
- Family Name
- Europa II
- Full Name
- Europa II Launch Vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Europa II adapted Europa I for geostationary missions by adding an Italian solid perigee kick stage and inertial guidance. Its sole launch, F11 from Kourou in 1971, broke up after a guidance failure; F12 was completed but never launched before the programme was cancelled.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.05
- First Flight Year
- 1,971
- Last Flight Year
- 1,971
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 111,600
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 400
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 12:29:17 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:36:58 UTC
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