Engineering:Bérénice (rocket)
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).[1][2][3][4][5]
Description
Bérénice was 13.25 m (43.5 ft) long, possessed a diameter of 0.56 m (1.8 ft) and weighed 3,340 kg (7,360 lb) at launch. The takeoff thrust of Bérénice, which could carry a payload of 3,340 kg (7,360 lb) to a height of 1,000 km (620 mi), amounted to 170 kN (38,000 lbf). The first stage, a SEPR-739 Stromboli, was stabilised by four SEPR-P167 rockets developing 34 kN (7,600 lbf).[1][4][5] The second stage consisted of a SEPR-740 Stromboli, almost identical to the first stage.[1][4][5] The third stage was a SEPR-P200 Tramontane and the fourth stage comprised a Mélanie rocket and payload.[2][3][4][5]
Launches
The twelve production rockets, Bérénice 001 to Bérénice 012, were launched by ONERA from Ile du Levant from 1962 to 1966.[1][3]
| 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 |
See also
- Tibère (rocket)
- Antarès (OPd-56-39-22D)
- Mélanie (rocket)
- Veronique (rocket)
- French space program
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "ONERA rockets". 2012-11-14. http://fuseurop.univ-perp.fr/onera_e.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Berenice" (in French). S.E.P.R. Union Revue d'Information du Personnel (7): 34. February 1963. http://dev.museesafran.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1350048140-revues-sep-union-saf2012_0047326.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Berenice". http://www.astronautix.com/b/berenice.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "SEPR-739 with upper stages" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/sepr739_up.htm.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "La fusée Bérénice". http://eurospace.free.fr/berenice.html.
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