Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:55:00
Wednesday July 2, 1969
The German third stage shut down too early, the satellite didn't reach orbit.
STV (Satellite Test Vehicle) was a series of vehicle evaluation payloads built for the test flights of the Europa-1 rocket. The 214 kg octagonal prism-shaped satellites were built by Fiat Aviazione for ELDO to register the launch environment of the Europa-1 rocket. Three attempts were made to put an STV satellite into low orbit.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
214 kilograms
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1969
65th
Orbital launch attempt