MSBS M4
French intermediate range ballistic missile. Submarine launched; MRV. Operational. 3 stage vehicle.
Failures: 1. First Fail Date: 1981-01-01. Last Fail Date: 1981-01-01. Guidance contractor: SAGEM-EMD. Standard warhead: 3,600 kg (7,900 lb). Maximum range: 3,900 km (2,400 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 6. Warhead yield: 150 KT. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise engine: P402. Initial Operational Capability: 1985.
Status: Retired 1986.
Gross mass: 34,987 kg (77,133 lb).
Payload: 3,600 kg (7,900 lb).
Height: 11.07 m (36.31 ft).
Diameter: 1.92 m (6.30 ft).
Span: 1.92 m (6.29 ft).
Thrust: 900.00 kN (202,320 lbf).
Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
First Launch: 1980.11.28.
Last Launch: 1986.03.01.
Number: 16 .
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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...
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Bay of Biscay Launch Area Submarine-launched ballistic missile launch area known to have been used for 4 launches from 1983 to 2005, reaching up to 800 kilometers altitude. More...
Associated Stages
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MSBS M4-1 Solid rocket stage. 900.00 kN (202,328 lbf) thrust. Mass 22,500 kg (49,604 lb). More...
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MSBS M4-2 Solid rocket stage. 300.00 kN (67,443 lbf) thrust. Mass 8,800 kg (19,401 lb). More...
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MSBS M4-3 Solid rocket stage. 100.00 kN (22,481 lbf) thrust. Mass 1,500 kg (3,307 lb). More...
MSBS M4 Chronology
1980 November 28 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1981 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 3.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).
1981 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1981? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1981? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 5.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1982? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 7.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1982? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1982? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1982? - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 6.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1982 March 10 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 8.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1983 - .
Launch Site:
Bay of Biscay Launch Area.
Launch Pad: 47.5 N x 4.5 W.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Summary: Launched from Zone de lancement SNLE, Golfe de Gascogne, Bretagne - Latitude: 47.50 N - Longitude: 4.50 W..
1983 July 12 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1983 November 23 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 13.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1984 February 22 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S655.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
LV Configuration: MSBS M4 14.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1984 July 12 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: S615.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1986 March 1 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Platform: SNLE.
LV Family:
MSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
MSBS M4.
- Long range test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
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