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VE10 Aigle

Mission · France

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The Aigle's simple mission was to allow test of the telemetry equipment that would be used on later instrumented warheads. The first version of the Aigle was a simple fin-stabilized solid rocket propelled by a Stromboli SEPR 737 loaded with 984 kg of 'Plastolite' propellant.

Payload: 360 kg (790 lb) to a 20 km altitude.

Country
France
Stages
SEPR 737
Agency
SEREB

Chronology

4 events

1960 December 17

Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Hammaguira Bacchus. LV Family: Stromboli. Launch Vehicle: VE10 Aigle.
  • Test mission - . Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 December 19

Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Hammaguira Bacchus. LV Family: Stromboli. Launch Vehicle: VE10 Aigle.
  • Test mission - . Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1961 March 16

Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Hammaguira Bacchus. LV Family: Stromboli. Launch Vehicle: VE10 Aigle.
  • Test mission - . Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1961 March 21

Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Hammaguira Bacchus. LV Family: Stromboli. Launch Vehicle: VE10 Aigle.
  • Test mission - . Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).