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ESRO 2B
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 17 May 1968, 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.