Bérénice (rocket)
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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).<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="seprunion7" /><ref name="astronautix" /><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Description
Bérénice was Template:Convert long, possessed a diameter of Template:Convert and weighed Template:Convert at launch. The takeoff thrust of Bérénice, which could carry a payload of Template:Convert to a height of Template:Convert, amounted to Template:Convert. The first stage, a SEPR-739 Stromboli, was stabilised by four SEPR-P167 rockets developing Template:Convert.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The second stage consisted of a SEPR-740 Stromboli, almost identical to the first stage.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The third stage was a SEPR-P200 Tramontane and the fourth stage comprised a Mélanie rocket and payload.<ref name="seprunion7">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="astronautix">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
Launches
The twelve production rockets, Bérénice 001 to Bérénice 012, were launched by ONERA from Ile du Levant from 1962 to 1966.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="astronautix" />
| 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 |