STV 4

Class: Technology. Nation: France.

Associated Launch Vehicle: Europa.

STV 4 Chronology

1971 November 5 - Europa F-11 / STV 4 - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Vehicle: Europa. FAILURE: Structural failure of third stage. Guidance signals were reversed. Apogee: 27 km (16 mi).

Bibliography and Further Reading

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.

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