Dauphin (rocket)

Dauphin
Country of origin	France
Successor	MR-30
sounding rocket

The Dauphin is a French sounding rocket, of which six versions were constructed between 1967 and 1978. It represents a modification of the starting stage of the Dragon with a larger payload nosecone.

The Dauphin has a diameter of 56 centimetres, a launch weight of 1.132 metric tons, a length of 6.21 metres, a takeoff thrust of 90 kN and a ceiling of 150 kilometres. It belonged to a family of solid-propellant rockets including the Belier, the Centaure, and the Dragon, along with the Eridan.

Launching experiments[]

On September 14, 1972, a Dauphin rocket probed from the .^[2]

In November 1972, the third launching experiment, a very new and original experiment, took place on a Dauphin Rocket from French Guiana.^[3]

References[]

^ Frank H. Winter (1990). Rockets Into Space. Harvard University Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-674-77660-9.
^ International Aerospace Abstracts. Technical Information Service, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 1974.
^ C. de Jager (1 July 1973). Transactions of the International Astronomical Union:Reports on Astronomy. Springer.

External links[]

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[Winter1990-1] Frank H. Winter (1990). Rockets Into Space. Harvard University Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-674-77660-9.

[2] International Aerospace Abstracts. Technical Information Service, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 1974.

[Jager1973-3] C. de Jager (1 July 1973). Transactions of the International Astronomical Union:Reports on Astronomy. Springer.

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