Europa rocket

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**Europa**
Fact sheet

Function	Orbital carrier rocket
Manufacturer	ELDO
Country of origin	Europe

Size
Height	33 m
Diameter	3.05 m
Mass	104,670 kg
Stages	3 - 4

Launch History
Status	Retired
Launch Sites	LA-6, Woomera CSG (Kourou)
Total launches <td>11 5 Blue Streak 2 Blue Streak/Coralie 3 Europa I 1 Europa II
Successes <td>4 4 Blue Streak
Failures <td>7 1 Blue Streak 2 Blue Streak/Coralie 3 Europa I 1 Europa II

Maiden flight <td>Blue Streak: 4 June 1964 Coralie: 4 August 1967 Europa I: 29 November 1968 Europa II: 5 November 1971
Last flight <td>Blue Streak: 14 November 1966 Coralie: 4 December 1967 Europa I: 12 November 1970 Europa II: 5 November 1971





First Stage - Blue Streak
Engines	2 RZ-2
Thrust	170,565 kg_f
Specific Impulse<td> 282 sec
Burn time	156 seconds
Fuel	RP-1/LOX

Second Stage (Optional) - Coralie <tr> <td>Engines<td>4 Vexin-A <tr> <td>Thrust<td>28,000 kg_f <tr> <td>Specific Impulse <td> 277 sec <tr> <td>Burn time<td>96 seconds <tr> <td>Fuel<td>UDMH/N2O4

Third Stage - Astris <tr> <td>Engines<td>1 Astris <tr> <td>Thrust<td>2,380 kg_f <tr> <td>Specific Impulse <td> 310 sec <tr> <td>Burn time<td>330 seconds <tr> <td>Fuel<td>N2O4/Aerozine-50

Fourth Stage - P068 (Europa II) <tr> <td>Engines<td>1 Solid <tr> <td>Thrust<td>TBC <tr> <td> <td> <tr> <td>Burn time<td>TBC <tr> <td>Fuel<td>Solid

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 and its Ariane family of launchers. The programme was initiated by the UK and the first launch occurred in August 1967.

Tasks were to be distributed between nations: the United Kingdom would provide the first stage (derived from the Blue Streak missile), France would build the second and Germany the third stage.

The Europa programme was divided into 3 successive projects :

Europa 1: 4 unsuccessful launches
Europa 2: 1 unsuccessful launch
Europa 3: Cancelled before any launch occurred

[edit] Europa rocket launches

Flight	Date	Model	No. of stages	Payload	Launch site
01	June 5, 1964	Europa 1	1	-	Woomera
02	October 20, 1964	Europa 1	1	-	Woomera
03	March 22, 1965	Europa 1	1	-	Woomera
04	May 24, 1966	Europa 1	1	upper stage mockups	Woomera
05	November 15, 1966	Europa 1	1	upper stage mockups	Woomera
06	August 4, 1967	Europa 1	2	third stage mockup	Woomera
07	December 5, 1967	Europa 1	2	third stage mockup	Woomera
08	November 30, 1968	Europa 1	3	third stage mockup	Woomera
09	July 31, 1969	Europa 1	3	satellite mockup	Woomera
10	June 6, 1970	Europa 1	3	satellite mockup	Woomera
11	November 5, 1971	Europa 2	4	satellite mockup	Kourou

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