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Bérénice (rocket)

Four-stage French experimental rocket

Summary

Four-stage French experimental rocket

Bérénice (third rocket) as part of the Onera sounding rocket family.

Bérénice was the designation of a four-stage French atmospheric reentry test rocket, developed by O.N.E.R.A. (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales).

Description

Bérénice was 13.25 m long, possessed a diameter of 0.56 m and weighed 3340 kg at launch. The takeoff thrust of Bérénice, which could carry a payload of 3340 kg to a height of 1000 km, amounted to 170 kN. The first stage, a SEPR-739 Stromboli, was stabilised by four SEPR-P167 rockets developing 34 kN. 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 from Ile du Levant from 1962 to 1966.

Date	Mission Description	Apogee (km)
1962 June 27	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1962 Q3	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1962 July 6	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1962 November 1	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1963 June 27	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1963 July 3	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1964	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1964	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1964 October 1	Re-entry Vehicle test	250
1964 October 1	Re-entry Vehicle test	250
1965	Re-entry Vehicle test	270
1966	Titus test / solar mission	270

References

(2012-11-14). "ONERA rockets".
"SEPR-739 with upper stages".
"La fusée Bérénice".
(February 1963). "Berenice". S.E.P.R. Union Revue d'Information du Personnel.
"Berenice".

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