STV-3
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:10:32
Friday June 12, 1970
Mission Details
Launch Notes
Last flight of Europa 1. The fairing of the launcher didn't separate. The satellite burned in the atmosphere with the third stage.
STV-3
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
Launch Site
Stats
Europa
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1970
1970
46th
Orbital launch attempt