Europa

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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 (ESA). It was developed with the aim to delivering space access technology, and more specifically to facilitate the deployment of European-wide telecommunication and meteorological satellites into orbit.

1971  WikimediaWikidata
launch vehicleEuropean Launcher Development Organisation, 
Dong Fang Hong 2EkranIIIlaunch vehicle19711970s

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  • Europa I
    rocket
  • Europa II
    rocket
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    classrocketEuropa IEuropaWikidata
    classrocketEuropa IIEuropaWikidata