Europa Launch Vehicle Programme
Europa was the first multinational European satellite-launcher development programme, created by ELDO from national contributions including the British Blue Streak first stage, French Coralie second stage, German Astris third stage, and Italian payload hardware. Eleven development launches were conducted from 1964 to 1971, but none of the four complete-vehicle orbital attempts achieved orbit.
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- Aliases
- ELDO EuropaEuropean Launcher Development Organisation launcherELDO launcher
- Family Name
- Europa
- Full Name
- Europa Launch Vehicle Programme
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
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- Description
- Europa was the first multinational European satellite-launcher development programme, created by ELDO from national contributions including the British Blue Streak first stage, French Coralie second stage, German Astris third stage, and Italian payload hardware. Eleven development launches were conducted from 1964 to 1971, but none of the four complete-vehicle orbital attempts achieved orbit.
- First Flight Year
- 1,964
- Last Flight Year
- 1,971
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 12:29:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 17:13:59 UTC
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- Europa Launch Vehicle Programme ELDO Europa European Launcher Development Organisation launcher ELDO launcher