French intermediate range ballistic missile.
Status: Retired 1971.
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: 1971.01.01.
Number: 15 .
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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 M013 Chronology
1968? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 V2.
- V2 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1968? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 V3.
- V3 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1968 November 16 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 V1.
- V1 Vecteur operational test launch - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1969? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 V4.
- V4 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1969? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 V5.
- V5 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1969? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 V6.
- V6 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1970? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 V7.
- V7 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1970? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C4.
- C4 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1970? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C2.
- C2 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1970? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C3.
- C3 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1970 June 11 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C1.
- C1 Charge (RV) - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1971? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C5.
- C5 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1971? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C6.
- C6 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1971? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C7.
- C7 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1971 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M013.
LV Configuration: MSBS M013 C8.
- C8 - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
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