European Space Research Organisation

ESRO 2A

Scout B

FAILURE
Failure

Tuesday, May 30, 1967 · 02:06 UTC

Mission

/01

ESRO 2 (European Space Research Organisation), Iris (International Radiation Investigation Satellite) was a 75 kg spin-stabilized spacecraft. On the launch of ESRO 2A, the third stage vehicle failed and the spacecraft did not achieve orbit.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Polar Orbit (PO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Scout B

Variant: B

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 5

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.608° N, 120.625° W

29

Pad Launches

264

Location Launches

1

Agency Launches

58

Orbital This Year

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