Dauphin (rocket)
| Country of origin | France[1] |
|---|---|
| Successor | MR-30 |
| sounding rocket | |
The Dauphin is a French sounding rocket, of which six versions were constructed between 1967 and 1978. It represents a modification of the starting stage of the Dragon with a larger payload nosecone.
The Dauphin has a diameter of 56 centimetres, a launch weight of 1.132 metric tons, a length of 6.21 metres, a takeoff thrust of 90 kN and a ceiling of 150 kilometres. It belonged to a family of solid-propellant rockets including the Belier, the Centaure, and the Dragon, along with the Eridan.
Launching experiments
On September 14, 1972, a Dauphin rocket probed from the Guiana Base of Kourou. [2]
In November 1972, the third launching experiment, a very new and original experiment, took place on a Dauphin Rocket from French Guiana. [3]
References
- ^ Frank H. Winter (1990). Rockets Into Space. Harvard University Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-674-77660-9.
- ^ International Aerospace Abstracts. Technical Information Service, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 1974.
- ^ C. de Jager (1 July 1973). Transactions of the International Astronomical Union:Reports on Astronomy. Springer.
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