French intermediate range ballistic missile.
Status: Retired 1968.
Gross mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb).
Height: 10.00 m (32.00 ft).
Diameter: 1.50 m (4.90 ft).
Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
First Launch: 1968.01.01.
Last Launch: 1968.01.13.
Number: 4 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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MSBS Family of French submarine-launched ballistic missiles. More...
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missile Guided self-propelled military weapon (as opposed to rocket, an unguided self-propelled weapon). More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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SEREB French manufacturer of rocket engines and rockets. SEREB, France. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Biscarosse In April 1962 France signed the final agreements with Algeria, requiring them to evacuate their rocket test ranged there by July 1967. Three months later a site on French soil on the Bay of Biscay, at Landes, near Biscarosse, was selected. The site would allow the testing of missiles over the Atlantic out to a range of 3000 km. This would put the RV impact area near the Azores, and a tracking station was opened in October 1966 on Flores island. More...
Associated Stages
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Diamant BP-2 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 4,500/1,000 kg. Thrust 176.00 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 273 seconds. More...
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MSBS M2-1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded mass 10,000 kg. Thrust 450.00 kN. More...
MSBS M012 Chronology
1968 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M012.
LV Configuration: MSBS M012 A2.
- A2 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1968 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M012.
LV Configuration: MSBS M012 B1.
- B1 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1968 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M012.
LV Configuration: MSBS M012 B2.
- B2 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1968 January 13 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M012.
LV Configuration: MSBS M012 A1.
- A1 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
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