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Scout B | ESRO 2A

ESRO 2A

Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 30 May 1967, 02:06 am UTC

Rocket: Scout B (Scout)

Provider: European Space Research Organisation

Mission

Type: Astrophysics

Orbit: Polar Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

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.