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MSBS M4
Part of MSBS
|  MSBS M4
 | 
French intermediate range ballistic missile. Submarine launched; MRV. Operational. 3 stage vehicle.
 Status: Active.  First Launch: 1980-11-28.  Last Launch: 1999-05-04.  Number:  17 . Payload: 3,600 kg (7,900 lb). Thrust: 900.00 kN (202,320 lbf). Gross mass: 34,987 kg (77,133 lb). Height: 11.07 m (36.31 ft). Diameter: 1.92 m (6.30 ft). Span: 1.92 m (6.29 ft). Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). 
Guidance contractor: SAGEM-EMD. 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.
Subtopics
|  | SEP 401 Aerospatiale solid rocket engine. MSBS M4 first stage. | 
|  | SEP 402 Aerospatiale solid rocket engine. MSBS M4 second stage. | 
|  | SEP 403 Aerospatiale solid rocket engine. MSBS M4 third stage. | 
Family: 
IRBM, 
submarine-launched. 
Country: 
France. 
Launch Sites: 
Biscarosse, 
Biscarosse BLB, 
Bay of Biscay Launch Area. 
Stages: 
SEP 401, 
SEP 402, 
SEP 403. 
Agency: 
SEREB. 
1980 November 28 - . 
Launch Site: 
Biscarosse. 
Launch Complex: 
Biscarosse BLB. 
LV Family: 
MSBS. 
Launch Vehicle: 
MSBS M4. 
- 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. 
- 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. 
- 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. 
 
FAILURE: Failure. 
- Test mission - . 
Nation: France. 
Agency: DMA. 
Apogee: 0 km (0 mi). 
1981? - . 
Launch Site: 
Biscarosse. 
Launch Complex: 
Biscarosse BLB. 
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. 
- 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. 
- 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 March 10 - . 
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 - . 
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). 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. 
- 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. 
- 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). 
1999 May 4 - . 
Launch Site: 
Bay of Biscay Launch Area. 
 
Launch Pad: 47.5 N x 4.5 W.  
Launch Platform: S615. 
LV Family: 
MSBS. 
Launch Vehicle: 
MSBS M4. 
- Test mission - . 
Nation: France. 
Agency: DMA. 
Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Launched from Zone de lancement SNLE, Golfe de Gascogne, Bretagne - Latitude: 47.50 N, Longitude:4.50 W.. 
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