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Toulon

France

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Chronology

7 events

Launch Site: Toulon. Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Exploded after 5 seconds..

EA 1941 - . Nation: France. Related Persons: Barre. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. Intended to take a 25 kg payload to 100 km altitude, the rocket instead veered off course and crashed after 5 seconds of flight..

Launch Site: Toulon. Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Exploded on pad..

EA 1941 - . Nation: France. Related Persons: Barre. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. The rocket exploded on the launch pad, destroying it..

Launch Site: Toulon. Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Accelerated at a high rate and exploded after 1.2 seconds flight..

EA 1941 - . Nation: France. Related Persons: Barre. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. The rocket took off at high acceleration, exploding after 1.2 seconds..

Launch Site: Toulon. Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Veered off, impacted 10 km from the launch pad..

EA 1941 - . Nation: France. Related Persons: Barre. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. The rocket left the launch pad at low acceleration, veered off, and crashes at sea 10 km from the pad..

Launch Site: Toulon. Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Engine cut-off after 7.5 seconds instead of 13 seconds planned..

EA 1941 - . Nation: France. Related Persons: Barre. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). Launched from Toulon, France. Most successful launch attempt. Not recovered, but estimated to have reached 1400 m/s and to have impacted in the ocean 60 km downrange..

Launch Site: Toulon. Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Failed to generate sufficient thrust for lift-off..

EA 1941 - . Nation: France. Related Persons: Barre. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi). Launched from Toulon, France..

Launch Site: Toulon. Launch Vehicle: EA 1941. FAILURE: Failed to generate sufficient thrust for lift-off..

EA 1941 - . Nation: France. Related Persons: Barre. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
Launched from Toulon, France. The pad was damaged, requiring substantial repairs. The source of the rocket's problem is finally found to be burn-through and loss of a portion of the inner wall of the combustion chamber, which blocked the nozzle exit. Ironically the last EA-1941 is ground run for full duration in the summer of 1946 without incident. However plans to develop it further as a sounding rocket are abandoned.