French Space Rocket question
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I never say it is a novel!
Wut ?
I meant this https://www.eurosae.com/comaero/
I meant this https://www.eurosae.com/comaero/
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I thought you said the booklet on missiles was boring.
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From a purely technical point of view, October 1968 also represents the arrival of american tooling at Le Haillan's factories enabling far larger nozzle than before, nozzles were one of the more difficult aspect of the development of the booster stages of the M1 and S2 missiles (P16/P10 boosters) both from a structural and guiding (thrust vectoring) point of view, that larger tooling alongside the development of flex-seal bearing nozzles at around the same time (late 68 onward) were basic requirements for making far larger piloted solid rocket motors like that P40/P45.
Hum, that's one way of saying "paint additional targets on continental France even the chinese can't ignore"
Love the certainty this speaks of the Mirage G4
Researching about the context behind early hydrogen propulsion, Ballistic missile derived launchers, early observation satellite projects is interesting. If France had , from the mid 60s to early 70s, a National and an European space effort, it looks like it could also have had a true Military space effort, it was not to be.
Thanks a lot! Structure seems probably inspired from P16/902.
From a purely technical point of view, October 1968 also represents the arrival of american tooling at Le Haillan's factories enabling far larger nozzle than before, nozzles were one of the more difficult aspect of the development of the booster stages of the M1 and S2 missiles (P16/P10 boosters) both from a structural and guiding (thrust vectoring) point of view, that larger tooling alongside the development of flex-seal bearing nozzles at around the same time (late 68 onward) were basic requirements for making far larger piloted solid rocket motors like that P40/P45.
"the deployment of ICBM on French soil would enable the French to "relate with their own defense"."
Hum, that's one way of saying "paint additional targets on continental France even the chinese can't ignore"
Love the certainty this speaks of the Mirage G4
very good paper, alongside the others by comaero, but since ballistic missile development don't have that many sources, this one is particularly needed; a bit sad there has not been more comprehensive books in 20 years;
Researching about the context behind early hydrogen propulsion, Ballistic missile derived launchers, early observation satellite projects is interesting. If France had , from the mid 60s to early 70s, a National and an European space effort, it looks like it could also have had a true Military space effort, it was not to be.
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Veronique A.G.I. diagram, shown on 1959 Paris/Bourget Air show.
Such sounding rockets carried the first rat and cat in space.
Sounding Rocket Veronique AGI,
Performances: This rocket can carry 60kg to220 km altitude, with a ground range of 440km
Characteristics:
GLOW: 1,340kg
Thrust: 4,000 kgf
Burn time: 49s
Maximum speed: 6,800 kph
Diameter: 55cm
Length 7.30m
Fuel: Turpentine oil
Oxydizer: Nitric Acid
A gas generator expels the fuel and the oxidant from the tanks to the combustion chamber, in the latter they burn under a pressure of 20kg/cm² and a flow rate of 20kg per second, the nozzle transforms the released thermal energy into kinetic energy and the gases are ejected at a speed of 2000 meters per second
All along the trajectory the scientific devices contained in the tip of the rocket send their indications through the radio-electric telemetry head shortly after the top of the trajectory the tip separates from the body of the rocket and is recovered by parachute
Original Provisions:
Fuel and oxidant flushing by gases produced by a small auxiliary liquid rocket placed at the head of the tanks.
Launching device by unwinding four cables kept under tension by the inertia of a drum
Turpentine fuel and nitric acid oxidant
Diagram text, clockwise from tip:
Measurement instruments bay
Parachute and Drum brake timer
Drum brake
Nitric Acid tank
Injection system
Combustion Chamber
Stabilizer
Ejector
Turpentine oil tank
Gas/Pressure generator
Parachute bay
Telemetry tube.
Performances: This rocket can carry 60kg to220 km altitude, with a ground range of 440km
Characteristics:
GLOW: 1,340kg
Thrust: 4,000 kgf
Burn time: 49s
Maximum speed: 6,800 kph
Diameter: 55cm
Length 7.30m
Fuel: Turpentine oil
Oxydizer: Nitric Acid
A gas generator expels the fuel and the oxidant from the tanks to the combustion chamber, in the latter they burn under a pressure of 20kg/cm² and a flow rate of 20kg per second, the nozzle transforms the released thermal energy into kinetic energy and the gases are ejected at a speed of 2000 meters per second
All along the trajectory the scientific devices contained in the tip of the rocket send their indications through the radio-electric telemetry head shortly after the top of the trajectory the tip separates from the body of the rocket and is recovered by parachute
Original Provisions:
Fuel and oxidant flushing by gases produced by a small auxiliary liquid rocket placed at the head of the tanks.
Launching device by unwinding four cables kept under tension by the inertia of a drum
Turpentine fuel and nitric acid oxidant
Diagram text, clockwise from tip:
Measurement instruments bay
Parachute and Drum brake timer
Drum brake
Nitric Acid tank
Injection system
Combustion Chamber
Stabilizer
Ejector
Turpentine oil tank
Gas/Pressure generator
Parachute bay
Telemetry tube.
A report on Véronique dating from 1957.
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