European Launcher Development Organisation
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Europa II Rolls-RoyceRZ-12 Coralie Astris The European Launcher Development Organisation （ELDO） is a former European space research organisation.
It was first developed in order to establish a satellite launch vehicle for Europe.
The three-stage rocket developed was named Europa, after the mythical Greek god.
Overall, there were 10 launches that occurred under ELDO's funding.
The organisation consisted of Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Australia was an associate member of the organisation.
Initially, the launch site was in Woomera, Australia, but was later moved to the French site Kourou, in French Guiana.
The programme was created to replace the Blue Streak Missile Programme after its cancellation in 1960.
In 1974, after an unsuccessful satellite launch, the programme was merged with the European Space Research Organisation to form the European Space Agency.
After the failure to launch of Britain's Blue Streak Missile, Britain wished to use its finished space launch parts in order to cut losses.
In 1961, Britain and France announced that they would be working together on a launcher that would be capable of sending a one-ton satellite into space.
This cooperation was later drafted into the Convention of the European Launcher Development Organisation, which Italy, Belgium, West Germany, the Netherlands and Australia would join.
Australia, although not a part of Britain, as a member of the British Commonwealth and wartime ally, provided a sparsely populated missile launcher testing and development site at Woomera, South Australia.
The original intent of this organisation was to develop a space programme exclusively for Europe, excluding the UN or any outside country.
The initial plans for the rocket were proposed in 1962.
The rocket created was called the ELDO-A, later renamed E...
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