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Launch Sites in France
  • Biscarosse. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Centre d'Essais de Landes, Biscarosse, Landes. Latitude: 44.3403. Longitude: -1.2548.
  • Camp de Suippes. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Marne. Latitude: 49.1501. Longitude: 4.5794.
  • Ile du Levant. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Centre d'Essais de la Mediterranee, Var. Latitude: 43.0451. Longitude: 6.4789.
  • Kerguelen. Agency: CNES. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Kerguelen Range, Port-Aux-Francais. Latitude: -49.3522. Longitude: 70.2191.
  • Kourou. Agency: CNES. Type: Orbital Launch Site. Location: Centre Spatial Guyanais, French Guyana. Latitude: 5.2374. Longitude: -52.7695.
  • Le Cardonnet. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Latitude: 43.5800. Longitude: 3.6400.
  • Vernon. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Eure. Latitude: 49.1179. Longitude: 1.5010.
Launch Sites Operated by France in Other Countries
  • Hammaguira. Operator: France. Type: Orbital Launch Site. Location: Centre Interarmees d'Essais d'Engins Speciaux (CIEES). Latitude: 30°53' N. Longitude: 3°05' W.
  • Reggane. Operator: France. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Latitude: 26°43' N. Longitude: 0°17' E.
Rockets Developed in France
  • Aerospatiale VTVL. - SSTO orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1990. Aerospatiale vertical takeoff, vertical landing single stage to orbit study.
  • Antares. - test vehicle - Status: Retired 1961. Antares was a re-entry vehicle test booster. The first three stages lofted the fourth stage and RV model to 150 km altitude. The fourth stage then fired downward to ram the RV at Mach 7 into the atmosphere.
  • Ariane. - orbital launch vehicle - Status: Retired 2003. First successful European commercial launch vehicle, developed from L3S Europa launch vehicle replacement design. Development of the Ariane 1 was authorised in July 1973, took eight years, and cost 2 billion 1986 Euros.
  • Ariane 5. - orbital launch vehicle - Status: Active. The Ariane 5 was a completely new design, unrelated to the earlier Ariane 1 to 4. It consisted of a single-engine Lox/LH2 core stage flanked by two solid rocket boosters. Preparatory work began in 1984. Full scale development began in 1988 and cost $ 8 billion. The design was sized for the Hermes manned spaceplane, later cancelled. This resulted in the booster being a bit too large for the main commercial payload, geosynchronous communications satellites. As a result, development of an uprated version capable of launching two such satellites at a time was funded in 2000.
  • ASMP. - cruise missile - Status: Active. Tactical nuclear. ASMP-A is improved version expected to enter service in 2008.
  • Belenos. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1969. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Elan + 1 x Aurore
  • Belier. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1986. Family of sounding rockets, developed by Sud Aviation, with the only or upper stage being variants of the Belier stage powered by a Jericho rocket motor. These were the most significant series of French civilian suborbital rockets. Manufacturing licenses were sold to India and Pakistan, becoming the basis of their rocket industries.
  • Belisama. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1969.
  • Berenice. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1972. Berenice was Onera's successor to the Antares re-entry vehicle test booster. It was nearly double the mass of Antares.
  • CNES Shuttle 1963. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1963. French studies in the 1960's were supervised by the French Space Agency, CNES, and developed along two paths. Path 1 was a manned hypersonic booster stage, with upper stages coming in manned or unmanned variants according to the mission. Path 2 was more conservative, with either the Path 1 booster or an expendable booster launching a small re-entry vehicle - a 'Space Taxi'.
  • Daniel. - test vehicle - Status: Retired 1961. Three stage test vehicle for Israel's Jericho consisting of 1 x SPRAN-50 + 1 x MD-620 + 1 x Melanie
  • Diamant. - orbital launch vehicle - Status: Retired 1975. In December 1961 France decided to demonstrate an indigenous satellite-launch capability, using stages in development for its ballistic missile program. Following careful evolutionary development, Diamant was successful on its first attempt in 1965. Improved versions were flown over the next ten years.
  • EA 1941. - test vehicle - Status: Retired 1945. First French liquid fuel rocket. Developed in the 1931-1942, tested in 1945.
  • Emma. - test vehicle - Status: Retired 1963. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Emma Booster + 1 x Emma
  • Eole. - test vehicle - Status: Retired 1952. Second missile developed by Jean-Jacques Barre and end of that lineage.
  • EXTV. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Design 1999. This was to be a reusable winged rocket-powered atmospheric reentry demonstrator capable of reaching speeds of Mach 4 to 10 in the atmosphere. The aim was for ESA to build up experience in reuse operations and high-speed atmospheric flight in the 2003-2007 period. The demonstrator would weigh two tonnes and have a range of 1500 kilometers. It would be able to land on a conventional runway. Dassault and Aerospatiale Matra were to merge their VEHRA and ARES projects to produce a single design. Ares estimated cost was 550 million dollars.
  • Hades. - short range ballistic missile - Status: Retired 1992. Single stage vehicle
  • Jules Verne Moon Gun. - gun-launched orbital launch vehicle - Status: Design 1856. Jules Verne's moon gun, as described in his 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon, was located in Florida. Although some errors were made, Verne used real engineering analysis to arrive at the design of his cannon and manned moon projectile. As a result, at the time of Apollo 8 and 11 missions it was noted that Verne had made an astonishing number of correct predictions about the actual missions....
  • Lex. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1967. Single stage vehicle.
  • Lutin. - tactical ballistic missile - Status: Active.
  • Malaface. - tactical ballistic missile - Status: Active.
  • Monica. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1963. French low-cost, three-stage, solid-propellant sounding rocket developed in France in the 1950's in support of the International Geophysical Year.
  • MSBS. - intermediate range ballistic missile - Status: Active.
  • Oriflamme. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1990. French design for a scramjet-powered horizontal takeoff / horizontal landing, single stage to orbit vehicle.
  • Pluton. - short range ballistic missile - Status: Active.
  • Polypheme. - tactical ballistic missile - Status: Active. Operational and technical evaluation 1998-2002.
  • R.04. - surface-to-air missile - Status: Cancelled 1950. French post-war surface-to-air missile based on the German Wasserfall.
  • Radiance. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1990. Two stage to orbit horizontal takeoff / horizontal landing vehicle. Booster would be powered by scramjets to Mach 12 separation before second stage separated.
  • SE.4100. - surface-to-air missile - Status: Cancelled 1950. French post-war surface-to-air missile based on the German Hs.117.
  • SE.4300. - surface-to-air missile - Status: Cancelled 1950. French post-war surface-to-air missile based on the German Rheintochter.
  • SE.4350. - surface-to-air missile - Status: Cancelled 1950. French post-war surface-to-air missile based on the German Enzian.
  • SE.4400. - surface-to-air missile - Status: Retired 1961. SNCASE missile design using a Stromboli booster and two ramjet sustainers.
  • SEPR 2020. - surface-to-air missile - Status: Cancelled 1950. French post-war missile based on the German 109-510A.
  • SSBS. - submarine-launched ballistic missile - Status: Retired 1993. French medium-range ballistic missile.
  • STAR-H. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1990. Mach 6 hypersonic first stage would launch Hermes spaceplane with an expendable second stage.
  • Stromboli. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1979. The second series of Sud Aviation sounding rockets were designed to carry large diameter payloads, and used Stromboli motors only.
  • STS-2000 SSTO. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1987. Single stage to orbit ramjet/rocket mix power horizontal takeoff / horizontal landing study of the 1980's.
  • STS-2000 TSTO. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1987. Two stage to orbit horizontal takeoff / horizontal landing variant of STS-2000. Ramjet/rocket mixed power first stage. Mach 6 separation of rocket-powered second stage. French study of the 1980's.
  • Super V-2. - intermediate range ballistic missile - Status: Cancelled 1947. Developed version of German A9 studied by the German team in France in 1946-1948. Cancelled as too ambitious, but led to the Veronique of the 1950's, the Diamant of the 1960's, and the Ariane space booster of 1979-2003.
  • TARANIS. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Study 1990. French study of vertical takeoff / horizontal landing, two stage to orbit launch vehicle with expendable orbiter fuel tanks.
  • Themis. - winged orbital launch vehicle - Status: Design 1998. Themis was a planned ESA booster stage demonstrator, to validate integrated propellant tank technology necessary for a reusable Ariane 5 successor. The demonstrator engine would be derived from the Vulcain of the Ariane 5. Estimated cost was up to 2.5 billion dollars. THEMIS would carry 33 tonnes of propellant, enough to reach Mach 11. Expendable boosters might permit orbital flight.
  • VE. - test vehicle - Status: Retired 1965. Series of Experimental Vehicles (VE's), each named after precious stones, leading to the MSBS/SSBS solid propellant missiles that made up the French nuclear deterrent.
  • Vega SAM. - surface-to-air missile - Status: Retired 1961. French surface-to-air missile, tested at Hammaguir in early 1961 but not put into production.
  • Vehra. - air-launched rocketplane - Status: Study 2000. Dassault design for an air-launched experimental reusable launch vehicle. It would be launched from Novespace's Airbus 300 zero-G aircraft. The lifting-body design was loosely based on Dassault's work on the NASA-led X-38 Crew Rescue Vehicle program. VEHRA weighed 6.5 t tonnes and carried 19.5 tonnes of kerosene and oxygen propellant. One Russian 400.5 kN-thrust NK-39 engine would power the vehicle, which would be capable of reaching Mach 14. The 11.5 meter long vehicle also contained a small 1.5 x 1.5 x 5 meter payload bay for an expendable upper stage+250 kg satellite. Like THEMIS, VEHRA would explore hypersonic flight and the operational and cost aspects of reusability.
  • Veronique. - sounding rocket - Status: Retired 1975. After the cancellation of the 'Super V-2' project, the German team at Vernon pursued development of a tenth-scale version, the Project 4213 Veronique (VERnon et electrONIQUE). The 4 tonne thrust motor, using nitric acid and kerosene, beat the 'pure French' project 4211 Eole design and paved the way leading to the Ariane space booster.
Spacecraft Designed in France
  • ARD. - Technology RV
  • Corot. - Astronomy Visible
  • D. - Earth Geodetic
  • Eole. - Earth Weather
  • S80/T. - Technology Communications
  • SARA. - Astronomy Radio
  • VERAS. - Manned Spaceplane
Space-related People born in France
  • Andre-Deshays. - Claudie Haignere (nee Andre-Deshays) French Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 13 May 1957. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 25.60 days.
  • Bonnet. - Roger M Bonnet French Manager. Born 1938.
  • Chretien. - Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chretien French Mission Specialist Cosmonaut. Born 20 August 1938. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 43.47 days.
  • Clervoy. - Jean-Francois Andre Clervoy French Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 19 November 1958. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 28.13 days.
  • de Bergerac. - Cyrano de Bergerac French Writer. Born 1619. Died 1655.
  • Esnault-Peltrie. - Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Peltrie French Engineer. Born 1881. Died 6 December 1957.
  • Eyharts. - Leopold Eyharts French Engineer Cosmonaut/Astronaut. Born 28 April 1957. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 68.90 days.
  • Gasparini. - Jean-Marc Michel Daniel Gasparini French Research Astronaut. Born 22 January 1963.
  • Haignere. - Jean-Pierre Haignere French Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 19 May 1948. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 209.51 days.
  • Patat. - Frederic Patat French Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 24 June 1958.
  • Silve. - Benoit Silve French Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 15 July 1958.
  • Tognini. - Michel Ange-Charles Tognini French Mission Specialist Cosmonaut. Born 30 September 1949. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 18.74 days.
  • Verne. - Jules Verne French Writer. Born 1828. Died 1905.
  • Viso. - Michel Yves Viso French Biologist Cosmonaut. Born 16 June 1951.
Space-related People of French Nationality but Born Elsewhere
  • Baudry. - Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry French Pilot Cosmonaut. Birth Country: Cameroon. Born 6 March 1946. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.07 days.
  • Favier. - Dr Jean-Jacques Favier French Payload Specialist Astronaut. Birth Country: Germany. Born 13 April 1949. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 16.91 days.
  • Perrin. - Philippe Perrin French Mission Specialist Astronaut. Birth Country: Morocco. Born 6 January 1963. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 13.86 days.
Chronology of Events for France

1670 June 20 -

  • Nova 1670 Vulpeculae Level: 1.
1815 October 3 -
  • Chassigny Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite) Level: 1.
1865 - Launch Vehicle: Jules Verne Moon Gun.
  • Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon This was a seminal work that inspired most of the original rocket pioneers. Verne used real engineering analysis to arrive at the design of his cannon and manned moon projectible. As a result, at the time of the Apollo 8 and 11 missions it was noted that Verne had made a number of correct predictions about the actual missions.... Level: 1.
1927 June 8 -
  • Esnault-Pelterie lecture Robert Esnault-Pelterie delivers a groundbreaking lecture on space travel at the Societe Astronomique in Paris. It would be published in book form a year later. One audience member is Jean-Claude Barre, a military engineer who is inspired to begin development of rockets in France. References: 47. Level: 1.
1928 February 1 -
  • International Astronautics Prize Robert Esnault-Peltrie and banker Andre Hirsch establish an International Astronautics Prize of 5000 Francs to be awarded annually for the best scientific, theoretical or experimental work in rocketry and space travel. The prize is discontinued after its value is wiped out in the financial crisis of the early 1930's. Level: 1.
During 1930 -
  • Esnault-Pelterie publishes L'Astronautique This will be the standard work on rocketry and interplanetary flight in French for twenty years. Level: 1.
1931 September 25 -
  • Initial French rocket experiments Robert Esnault-Pelterie and Jean-Claude Barre begins experiments iwth liquid propellant rocket engines under funding from the Department of War. Only three weeks later Esnault-Pelterie loses the fingers of his left hand in an explosion in the laboratory. Nevertheless he and Barre persevere. References: 47. Level: 1.
1941 January 15 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • Barre repot Barre completed a comprehensive report on the military potential of rocketry. He sketeched out ballistic missiles with 1000 km range, powered by liquid oxygen/gasoline engines. Armor-piercing rockets could reach 2000 m/s and defeat any tank armor. Anti-aircraft rockets would intercept aircraft in half the time. Rocket-boosted bombs would destroy enemey emplacements. Air-augmented rockets could reach even higher range and efficiencies. Level: 1.
1941 June 23 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • EA 1941 development authorised. Barre's report worked its way through the wartime bureaucracy, finally reaching the Minister of State for War in Vichy France. It is immediately classived top secret, and Barre is given 300,000 francs to start development of a liquid propellant rocket. In order to keep the work from the notice of the occupying Germans, it is officially for development of automotive gas generators. Level: 1.
1941 November 15 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • EA 1941 engine run. Barre conducts his first engine test of his EA-1941 surface-to-air rocket at Lazarc. The engine runs for 42 seconds before exploding. Level: 1.
1942 March 17 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • EA 1941 engine run. The engine runs for 5 seconds before exploding, producing a thrust of 719 kgf. A second test the following day produces 650 kgf for only four seconds before exploding. Thermal transfer from the engine to the missile structure is found to be the cause, and changes are made. Level: 1.
1942 September 24 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • EA 1941 engine run. The EA-1941 finally runs at 655 kgf for 11 seconds in a full-duration run. Barre feels the missile is ready for flight test, but this will have to be done in Algeria. Level: 1.
1942 November 8 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • EA 1941 program suspended A third of the test material for the Algerian flight tests had been unloaded in Oran, and the team and the rest of the material were ready to embark at Marseilles. Then news comes of the Allied landings in North Africa. The flight tests were immediately called off, and the team hid all materials in Algeria and France. At the end of 1942, the Germans occupy Vichy France and all further work on the project is supended. Level: 1.
1943 October 1 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • EA 1941 design smuggled to London Barre microfilmed the drawings of the rocket and they are smuggled to Britain. Members of Barre's team are detained by the Gestapo. One of them ironically dies in a concentration camp where the inmates are assigned to V-2 rocket production. Level: 1.
1944 September 3 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941.
  • EA 1941 program resumes. After the liberation of Paris, Barre is immediately put to work on the EA-1941. All of the hidden materials are returned to Lyons and it is decided to conduct test launches from Toulon. Level: 1.
1945 March 15 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Exploded after 5 seconds.
  • EA 1941 Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. Intended to take a 25 kg payload to 100 km altitude, the rocket instead veered off course and crashed after 5 seconds of flight. References: 2. Level: 1.
1945 March 16 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Exploded on pad.
  • EA 1941 Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Launched from Toulon, France. The rocket exploded on the launch pad, destroying it. References: 2. Level: 1.
1945 July 6 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Accelerated at a high rate and exploded after 1.2 seconds flight.
  • EA 1941 Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. The rocket took off at high acceleration, exploding after 1.2 seconds. References: 2. Level: 1.
1945 July 6 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Veered off, impacted 10 km from the launch pad.
  • EA 1941 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. The rocket left the launch pad at low acceleration, veered off, and crashes at sea 10 km from the pad. References: 2. Level: 1.
1945 July 6 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Engine cut-off after 7.5 seconds instead of 13 seconds planned.
  • EA 1941 Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. Most successful launch attempt. Not recovered, but estimated to have reached 1400 m/s and to have impacted in the ocean 60 km downrange. References: 2. Level: 1.
1945 July 18 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Failed to generate sufficient thrust for lift-off.
  • EA 1941 Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Launched from Toulon, France. The pad was damaged, requiring substantial repairs. The source of the rocket's problem is finally found to be burn-through and loss of a portion of the inner wall of the combustion chamber, which blocked the nozzle exit. Ironically the last EA-1941 is ground run for full duration in the summer of 1946 without incident. However plans to develop it further as a sounding rocket are abandoned. References: 2. Level: 1.
1945 July 18 - Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Failed to generate sufficient thrust for lift-off.
  • EA 1941 Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Launched from Toulon, France. References: 2. Level: 1.
1946 October 15 - Launch Vehicle: Eole.
  • EA 1946 development authorised The improved version of the EA 1941 is dubbed Eole and will use a fuel-cooled combustion chamber walls. Level: 1.
1947 April 24 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -.
  • Colomb Bechar rocket test range established. French Government established rocket test range at Colomb Bechar, Algeria. References: 17. Level: 1.
1949 February 4 - Launch Vehicle: Eole.
  • Eole engine bench tests begin The engine runs for 13.5 seconds, 4.5 seconds early, due to heavier-than-expected liquid oxygen consumption. Level: 1.
1950 January 6 - Launch Vehicle: Eole.
  • Eole engine explodes The engine begins oscillatory combustion at 20 seconds and explodes violently at 34 seconds. The explosion is visible 40 km from the LRBA test site at Vernon. Level: 1.
1950 August 2 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R1. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1950 August 4 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R2.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1951 April 1 - Launch Site: Vernon. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique P2. LV Configuration: Veronique P2 P2.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1951 September 25 - Launch Vehicle: Eole.
  • Eole successful engine test The liquid oxygen/alcohol engine produces 9.59 tonnes thrust and an exhaust velocity of 2110 m/s. Level: 1.
1951 October 2 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R3.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1951 October 5 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R4.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1951 October 6 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R5.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 January 25 - Launch Site: Le Cardonnet. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique P6. LV Configuration: Veronique P6 P6-1.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 January 26 - Launch Site: Le Cardonnet. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R7.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 January 28 - Launch Site: Le Cardonnet. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique P6. LV Configuration: Veronique P6 P6-2.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 January 28 - Launch Site: Le Cardonnet. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R6.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 January 30 - Launch Site: Le Cardonnet. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R8.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 May 20 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N1. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 19 km (11 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 May 21 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N2. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 14 km (8 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 May 22 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N3.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 September 30 - Launch Vehicle: Eole.
  • Eole program terminated The Veronique developed by the LRBA German team has been more successful and the French military sees no use for rockets using liquid oxygen on the battlefield. Level: 1.
1952 November 8 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N4. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 November 9 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N5. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 November 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N7. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 November 16 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N6. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 November 17 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N9. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 November 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N8. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 November 22 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Eole. FAILURE: Failed after seven seconds of flight.
  • Test mission Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Weeks of delays due to problems with getting liquid oxygen to the remote test site have delayed Barre's entry in the fly-off against the Veronique. The first Eole broke up after 7 seconds of flight, a failure attributed to tracer flares fitted to the fins. References: 2. Level: 1.
1952 November 24 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Eole. FAILURE: Failed after 25 seconds of flight.
  • Test mission Apogee: 2.95 km (1.83 mi). The tracers used on the last flight were omitted. This rocket again loses its fins, but continued to an altitude of 2.95 km. It is determined that the fins were not able to withstand going through the sound barrier. References: 2. Level: 1.
1953 April 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N11. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1953 April 21 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique N10.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 45 km (27 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1954 February 20 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique NA15. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 29 km (18 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1954 February 21 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique NA14.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1954 May 7 -
  • Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Vietminh army Level: 1.
1954 October 17 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique NA13. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test / ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 39 km (24 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1954 October 29 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bechar. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique NA12.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1957 February 1 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Monica. Model: Monica I.
  • Test mission Agency: ATEF. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1957 May 27 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: SE.4400. LV Configuration: SE4400 F77. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: STA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1959 January 27 - 17:00 GMT - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Daniel. LV Configuration: Daniel 01.
  • Test / aeronomy mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1959 March 7 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI18. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1959 March 10 - 18:40 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI17.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1959 March 12 - 05:44 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI16.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1959 May 2 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. Model: OPd-56-39-22D. LV Configuration: OPd-56-39-22D 001.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1959 October 22 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. Model: OPd-56-39-22D. LV Configuration: OPd-56-39-22D 002.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1959 December 15 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. Model: OPd-56-39-22D. LV Configuration: OPd-56-39-22D 003.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 February 1 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Monica. Model: Monica IV.
  • Test mission Agency: ATEF. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 February 23 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI23. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 March 2 - 18:32 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI22.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 March 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI21.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 May 2 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. Model: OPd-56-39-22D. LV Configuration: OPd-56-39-22D 004.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 May 5 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. Model: OPd-56-39-22D. LV Configuration: OPd-56-39-22D 005.
  • Date may be 19 May Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 June 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI20.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 176 km (109 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 June 16 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI19.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 June 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI25.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 June 22 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI26.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 September 26 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. Model: OPd-56-39-22D. LV Configuration: OPd-56-39-22D 006.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 September 30 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. Model: OPd-56-39-22D. LV Configuration: OPd-56-39-22D 007.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 November 25 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. LV Configuration: Antares 008.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 November 30 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. LV Configuration: Antares 009.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1960 December 17 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: VE10 Aigle.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 February 11 - 10:41 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI27.
  • Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 February 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI28. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 February 15 - 22:01 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI29.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 February 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI30. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 February 22 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI24.
  • Life Science mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi). French Veronique launched capsule containing rat (Hector) to 152 km altitude, recovered successfully. References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 March 3 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. LV Configuration: Antares 010.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 March 6 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. LV Configuration: Antares 011.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 March 7 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Antares. LV Configuration: Antares 012.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 March 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: SE.4400. LV Configuration: SE4400 F92.
  • Test mission Agency: STA. Apogee: 67 km (41 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 May 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Antares. LV Configuration: Antares 013.
  • Ionosphere mission? Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 280 km (170 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 May 24 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Belier I. LV Configuration: Belier B05.
  • Test mission Agency: CNET. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 May 27 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C03.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 May 29 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C04.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 June 3 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: Agate.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 June 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI31.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 October 5 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Daniel. LV Configuration: Daniel 03.
  • Test / aeronomy mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 October 9 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Daniel. LV Configuration: Daniel 02.
  • Test / aeronomy mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 December 6 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C02.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 December 6 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C06.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 December 9 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C05.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 December 9 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C07.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1961 December 9 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C08.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 9 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Belier I. LV Configuration: Belier B02. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 15 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Belier I. LV Configuration: Belier B03. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 18 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C10.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 24 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI39.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 168 km (104 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 29 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C18.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 29 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C15.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 29 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C12.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 May 31 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI38.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 1 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI41.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 4 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI42. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C09.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 5 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C16.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C19.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 5 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C14.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 5 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C17.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 6 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI43.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 6 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Belier I. LV Configuration: Belier B08. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 June 27 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 001.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 Q3 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 003.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 July 6 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 002.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 October 15 - 08:39 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI37.
  • Bio (Rat) Life science mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 October 18 - 08:31 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI36.
  • Bio (Rat) Life science mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 October 19 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI44.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 October 22 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI46.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 October 23 - 11:01 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI32.
  • Airglow Aeronomy /ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi). Diffuse solar radiation mission. References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 October 29 - 23:21 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI34.
  • Aeronomy /ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 1 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 004.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 26 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C20.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 27 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C30.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 28 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C32.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 30 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C29.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 30 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C37.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 30 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C26.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 November 30 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C11.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 1 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C27. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 4 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C21.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-03. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 7 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Monica. Model: Meteo-MD. LV Configuration: Meteo-MD MD-01/6 (106). FAILURE: Failure.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 17 km (10 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 8 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C28.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 9 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C31.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 12 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C24.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 12 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C25.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1962 December 19 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: Topaze VE111. LV Configuration: Topaze VE111 C3.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 February 19 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Emma. LV Configuration: Emma 05.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 April 1 - Launch Site: Kerguelen. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure.
  • Ionosphere mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 April 20 - 10:01 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI35.
  • Airglow Aeronomy /ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 April 23 - 22:07 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI49.
  • Aeronomy /ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 April 26 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-04. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 1 - 16:59 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI45.
  • Aeronomy /ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI48.
  • Coronagraph Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi). No recovery. Solar corona (UV) / Ptr mission. References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 14 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C51.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 15 - 18:22 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C42.
  • MPE Ba-3 Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 21 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C45.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 21 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C48.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 21 - 18:25 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C43.
  • MPE Ba-4 Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 125 km (77 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 24 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C41.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 25 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C35.
  • Sodium cloud Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 189 km (117 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 30 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C36.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 May 30 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C39.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 June 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C54.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 June 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C55.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 June 14 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C53.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 June 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI33. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 June 19 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI40. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Ionosphere mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 38 km (23 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 June 27 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 005.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 July 3 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 006.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 October 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Emma. LV Configuration: Emma 04.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 October 18 - 07:09 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI47.
  • Bio (Cat) Life science mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 October 24 - 05:30 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI50. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Bio (Cat) Life science mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 October 30 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-05.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 470 km (290 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1963 December 21 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: Topaze VE111L. LV Configuration: Topaze VE111L L1.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 9 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C13.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 170 km (100 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-07.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 470 km (290 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C44.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C56.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C52.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 13 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C57.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C40.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 190 km (110 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 14 - 04:37 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C38.
  • MPE Ba-5 Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 190 km (110 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 February 15 - 04:37 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C34.
  • MPE Ba-6 Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 March 11 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: Topaze VE111L. LV Configuration: Topaze VE111L L2.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 April 11 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-09.
  • FU-104B Probe / Na Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 April 11 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C58.
  • Sodium / TMA release Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 April 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-06.
  • FU-104B Probe / Na Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 425 km (264 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 April 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C59.
  • Sodium / TMA release Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 April 14 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI51.
  • Solar La Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 119 km (73 mi). FU110 Atomic H (Ly-alpha), Solar X-rays mission. References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 April 20 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: Agate. LV Configuration: Agate R.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 April 25 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Lex. LV Configuration: Lex 01. FAILURE: Failure.
  • LEX-01 test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 May 4 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C60.
  • CNET A test Agency: CNES. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 May 8 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C33.
  • CNET A test Agency: CNES. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 May 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C46.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 May 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C22.
  • Seddon Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 May 14 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C23.
  • Seddon Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 June 8 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique 61. LV Configuration: Veronique 61 VA75.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 260 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 June 10 - 05:30 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R1.
  • A-1 capsule test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 June 12 - 05:03 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R2.
  • A-1 capsule test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 June 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique 61. LV Configuration: Veronique 61 VA76.
  • Test mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 260 km (160 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 June 15 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Emeraude VE121. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 June 17 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Emeraude VE121. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 August 1 - Launch Site: Vik. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-10.
  • FU-125 ionosphere / particles Aeronomy /ionosphere mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 440 km (270 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 August 7 - Launch Site: Vik. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-11.
  • FU-125 ionosphere / particles Aeronomy /ionosphere mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 420 km (260 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 October 1 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 009.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 October 1 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Berenice. LV Configuration: Berenice 010.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 October 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C62.
  • CNET B test Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 October 7 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C63.
  • CNET B test Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 October 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R3. FAILURE: Failure.
  • A-1 capsule test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 October 20 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Emeraude VE121. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 2 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: VE10A Aigle.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 4 - 08:31 GMT - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C78.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNIE. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 4 - 16:35 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI53.
  • Solar La Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). FU110 Atomic H (Ly-alpha), Solar X-rays mission. References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 5 - 23:16 GMT - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C80.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CNIE. Apogee: 176 km (109 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 5 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C67.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C47.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 5 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C72.
  • Sodium release Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 5 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C64.
  • TMA Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C69.
  • TMA Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 6 - 08:31 GMT - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C79.
  • Aeronomy mission Agency: CINE. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 6 - Launch Site: Reggane. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C66.
  • Sodium / TMA release Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 6 - Launch Site: Ile du Levant. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: CERES. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C71.
  • TMA Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 8 - 08:22 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI52.
  • Ultraviolet Spectrum / CU point Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 98 km (60 mi). FU111 UV Solar Astronomy / Ptr mission. References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 27 - 17:38 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C75/EXP-9.
  • MPE Ba-9 Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 166 km (103 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 November 30 - 17:37 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C76/EXP-10.
  • MPE Ba-10 Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 207 km (128 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 December 3 - 17:40 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-16.
  • FU-103B MPE Ba-11 Aeronomy mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 390 km (240 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1964 December 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R4. FAILURE: Failure.
  • A-1 capsule test Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 February 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI56.
  • Solar mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 95 km (59 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 February 27 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Emeraude VE121.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 March 4 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: Bacchus?. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure C85.
  • SINTRA pointing Solar mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 May 13 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Emeraude VE121.
  • Test mission Agency: CNES. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 May 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: Topaze VE111L. LV Configuration: Topaze VE111L LG1.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 May 21 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: VE. Model: Topaze VE111L. LV Configuration: Topaze VE111L LG2.
  • Test mission Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 May 27 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique 61. LV Configuration: Veronique 61 VA79.
  • FU-144 Lyra alpha Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: FR. Apogee: 70 km (43 mi). FU144 Atomic H (Ly-alpha) mission. References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 May 31 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R5.
  • A-1 capsule Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 2,000 km (1,200 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 June 3 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R6.
  • A-1 capsule Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 2,000 km (1,200 mi). References: 2. Level: 1.
1965 June 5 - 05:40 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant.