Английская Википедия:Agate (rocket)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rocketVE 110 Agate is the designation of an unguided French test rocket developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[1][2][3]
It was part of the Pierres précieuses (fr.: gemstones) program, that included five prototypes Agathe, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis and Saphir,[3] leading up to the Diamant orbital rocket.
The Agate has a length of 8.50 metres, a diameter of 0.80 metres, a start mass of 3.2 tonnes, a takeoff thrust of 186 kN and a ceiling of 20 km. It used a NA801 Mammouth solid propellant rocket engine (same as the Rubis VE-210).[2]
The initial version was designated VE (Véhicule Expérimental) 110,[1][3] while the VE 110RR version was used to develop recovery procedures at sea.[2][3] The name indicates that it is a "Véhicule Expérimental" (Experimental Vehicle) with 1 stage, using solid propulsion (code 1), and not guided (code 0).
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Agate and Rubis rockets
Launches
The Agate was launched from the CIEES test site in Hammaguir, French Algeria, and the Île du Levant test site,[2] in order to test instrument capsules and recovery systems.[3]
Date | Launch Site | Launch Complex | Mission Description | Apogee (km) |
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1961 June 3 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Bacchus | Test mission | 20 |
1961 June 7 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Bacchus | Test mission | 20 |
1961 Nov 13 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Bacchus | Test mission | 20 |
1961 Nov 17 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Bacchus | Test mission | 20 |
1962 Mar 19 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Bacchus | Test mission | 20 |
1962 Mar 23 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Bacchus | Test mission | 20 |
1963 May 18 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Brigitte | Test mission | 20 |
1963 May 21 | Hammaguira | Hammaguira Brigitte | Test mission | 20 |
1963 Nov 19 | Île du Levant | CERES | Failure | 0 |
1963 Nov 28 | Ile du Levant | CERES | Test mission | 20 |
1964 Feb 28 | Ile du Levant | CERES | Test mission | 20 |
1964 Apr 20 | Ile du Levant | CERES | Test mission | 20 |
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