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Bérénice was the designation of a four-stage French atmospheric reentry test
Bérénice was the designation of a four-stage French atmospheric reentry test rocket
A rocket (from , and so named for its shape) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely ...
, developed by O.N.E.R.A. (''Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales'').
Description
Bérénice was long, possessed a diameter of and weighed at launch. The takeoff thrust of Bérénice, which could carry a payload of to a height of , amounted to . The first stage, a SEPR-739 ''Stromboli'', was stabilised by four SEPR-P167 rockets developing . The second stage consisted of a SEPR-740 ''Stromboli'', almost identical to the first stage. The third stage was a SEPR-P200 ''Tramontane'' and the fourth stage comprised a '' Mélanie'' rocket and payload.Launches
The twelve production rockets, Bérénice 001 to Bérénice 012, were launched by ONERA fromIle du Levant
Île du Levant (), sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Riviera, near Toulon. It is one of the four that constitute the Îles d'Hyères. Part of the island is occupied by the naturist ...
from 1962 to 1966.
See also
* Tibère (rocket) * Antarès (OPd-56-39-22D) *Mélanie (rocket) Mélanie is a French solid rocket motor, 16 cm in diameter, initially used as first stage of the Monica rocket.
There are two versions, Mélanie and ''"2Mélanie"'' (exact name unknown) :
The first version was used on Monica I, II and IVA; w ...
* Veronique (rocket)
* French space program
The French space program includes both commercial spaceflight, civil and military spaceflight activities. It is the third oldest national space program in the world, after the Soviet space program, Soviet (now Roscosmos, Russian) and Space policy ...
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