Editing Europa (rocket) (section)

===Payloads===
The payload for the rocket was overseen by the European Space Research Organization – [[ESRO]]. Satellites were proposed to be launched by 1969 or 1970, in a circular [[polar orbit]] at an altitude of {{convert|125|mi|km}}. ESRO organised the development of early satellites such as [[ESRO 2B]] (Iris), built by [[Hawker Siddeley Dynamics]] and Engins [[Matra]].

In 1967, it was decided the payloads were to be launched by 1970 from [[French Guiana]], not Australia. In April 1969, Britain decided to invest in a satellite television project by the [[European Broadcasting Union]].

By the early 1970s the French-German [[Symphonie]] communications satellite were in production, but by then Europa was cancelled in November 1971.