Woomera LA6A home
topic index

Launch Complex: LA6A.
Woomera. Latitude: -31.0793 deg. Longitude: 136.4458 deg. Used by: Blue Streak, Europa. First Launch: 1964-06-04. Last Launch: 1970-06-12. Number Launches: 10. Launch Area 6A

LA6A Chronology

1964 June 4 - 23:44 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Blue Streak. Blue Streak F-1 Blue Streak only. Successful. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 157 km (97 mi).

1964 October 19 - 23:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Blue Streak. Blue Streak F-2 Blue Streak only. Successful. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi).

1965 March 21 - 23:08 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Blue Streak. Blue Streak F-3 Blue Streak only. Successful. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 263 km (163 mi).

1966 May 23 - 23:36 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Europa. ELDO A F-4 Active first stage with dummy upper stages and satellite. and satellite. Flight terminated after 136 seconds. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 86 km (53 mi).

1966 November 14 - 20:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Europa. ELDO A F-5 Active first stage with dummy upper stages and satellite. Flight successful. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).

1967 August 4 - 03:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Europa. Europa I F-6/1 FAILURE: Failure. Active first and second stages with dummy third stage and satellite. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).

1967 December 4 - 21:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Europa. Europa I F-6/2 FAILURE: Failure. Active first and second stages with dummy third stage and satellite. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1968 November 29 - 23:12 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Europa. Europa I F-7 FAILURE: Third stage exploded. STV 1 / Europa F-7 Mass: 249 kg (548 lb). Spacecraft: STV. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi). First attempt by ELDO to launch a satellite to orbit. Satellite Test Vehicle payload.

1969 July 2 - 22:55 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Europa. Europa I F-8 FAILURE: Third stage failed. Europa F-8 / STV 2 Spacecraft: STV. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1970 June 12 - 01:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Europa. Europa I F-9 FAILURE: Payload fairing failed to separate. Europa F-9 / STV 3 Spacecraft: STV. Agency: ELDO. Apogee: 2,000 km (1,200 mi).


Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments.
Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site..
To contact astronauts or cosmonauts.

© Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted.