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Europa II
Part of Blue Streak
  Europa 2L Credit: ESA | 
European orbital launch vehicle. Four stage version of the Europa vehicle, adding a P068 fourth stage.
 Status: Retired 1971.  First Launch: 1971-11-05.  Last Launch: 1971-11-05.  Number:  1 . Payload: 1,160 kg (2,550 lb). Thrust: 1,512.00 kN (339,911 lbf). Gross mass: 111,700 kg (246,200 lb). Height: 31.70 m (104.00 ft). Diameter: 3.05 m (10.00 ft). Apogee: 40,000 km (24,000 mi). 
4 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Blue Streak + 1 x Coralie + 1 x Astris + 1 x P068.
LEO Payload: 1,160 kg (2,550 lb). Payload: 360 kg (790 lb) to a GTO. 
More at: Europa II. 
Family: 
Europa, 
orbital launch vehicle. 
Country: 
Europe. 
Spacecraft: 
STV 4. 
Launch Sites: 
Kourou, 
Kourou ELA1. 
Stages: 
Astris, 
Europa-1, 
Europa-2, 
P6. 
Agency: 
ELDO. 
1971 November 5 - . 
13:00 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Kourou. 
Launch Complex: 
Kourou ELA1. 
 
Launch Pad: CECLES. 
LV Family: 
Blue Streak. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Europa II. 
 
FAILURE: Structural failure of third stage.  Guidance signals were reversed..  
Failed Stage: 3. 
- Europa F-11 / STV 4 - . 
Nation: Europe. 
Agency: ELDO. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: STV 4. 
 Decay Date: 1971-11-05 . Apogee: 27 km (16 mi). 
 
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