Véronique (rocket)

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Véronique rocket in Algiers in 1953

Véronique is the name of a French sounding rocket with liquid fuel propulsion. The design was based on the German unit 4 . It was used many times at the beginning of French space research, initially from two launch sites of the Center interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux in the Sahara ( Colomb-Béchar and Hammaguir ), then in Kourou (French Guiana). The Véronique was built in several versions between 1950 and 1969, of which the P2, P6 and R versions were only experimental models.

Véronique AGI

  • Summit height: 210 km
  • Payload: 60 kg
  • Starting thrust: 40.00 kN.
  • Takeoff weight: 1342 kg
  • Diameter: 0.55 m
  • Length: 7.10 m
  • Fuel: nitric acid / turpentine

Véronique N

  • Summit height: 65 km
  • Starting thrust: 40 kN
  • Takeoff weight: 1100 kg
  • Diameter: 0.55 m
  • Length: 6.50 m
  • Fuel: nitric acid / kerosene

Véronique NA

  • Summit height: 135 km
  • Starting thrust: 40 kN
  • Takeoff weight: 1435 kg
  • Diameter: 0.55 m
  • Length: 7.30 m
  • Fuel: nitric acid / kerosene

Véronique P2

  • Summit height: 2 km
  • Starting thrust: 20 kN
  • Length: 6.00 m
  • Fuel: solid fuel

Véronique P6

  • Summit height: 2 km
  • Starting thrust: 20 kN
  • Length: 6.00 m
  • Fuel: solid fuel

Véronique R

  • Summit height: 2 km
  • Starting thrust: 40 kN
  • Takeoff weight: 1000 kg
  • Diameter: 0.55 m
  • Length: 6.00 m
  • Fuel: nitric acid / kerosene

literature

  • France Durand-de Jongh: De la fusée Véronique au lanceur Ariane. Une histoire d'hommes 1945–1979. Stock, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-234-04659-9
  • Olivier Huwart: You V2 à Véronique. La naissance des fusées françaises. Marines éditions, Rennes 2004, ISBN 2-915379-19-X
  • Hervé Moulin: La France dans l'Espace 1959–1979 - Contribution à l'effort spatial européen. ESA Publications Division, Noordwijk 2006, ISBN 92-9092-549-3 ( PDF, 2.3 MB )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Ley: Anyone Else for Space? In: Galaxy Science Fiction . June 1964, p. 118 (English, archive.org [accessed on May 6, 2020]).

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