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.
Identity
- Aliases
- Europa 2ELDO PASPerigee-Apogee System
- Family Name
- Europa II
- Full Name
- Europa II Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- 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.
- Diameter M
- 3.05
- Engines
- Count
- 2
- Name
- Rolls-Royce RZ-2
- Placement
- core
- First Flight Year
- 1,971
- Last Flight Year
- 1,971
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 111,600
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7w19c2yakvx00b38474m6svd8aemhq
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 400
- Stages Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:29:17 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:29:17 PM