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Diamant A - Diamant A - COSPAR 1965-096

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Family: Ariane. Country: France. Status: Hardware.

First French indigenous satellite launch vehicle.

Specifications

Launches: 4. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 75.00% pct. First Launch Date: 26 November 1965. Last Launch Date: 15 February 1967. LEO Payload: 160 kg. to: 200 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 27,070 kgf. Total Mass: 18,400 kg. Core Diameter: 1.3 m. Total Length: 20.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 5.70 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

Stage Number: 1. 1 x Diamant-1 Gross Mass: 14,685 kg. Empty Mass: 1,946 kg. Thrust (vac): 30,750 kgf. Isp: 251 sec. Burn time: 100 sec. Isp(sl): 221 sec. Diameter: 1.3 m. Span: 2.3 m. Length: 9.8 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 4. Vexin B
Stage Number: 2. 1 x Diamant-2 Gross Mass: 2,815 kg. Empty Mass: 540 kg. Thrust (vac): 12,245 kgf. Isp: 255 sec. Burn time: 39 sec. Isp(sl): 225 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 4.6 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 1. Topaze
Stage Number: 3. 1 x Diamant-3 Gross Mass: 703 kg. Empty Mass: 68 kg. Thrust (vac): 3,000 kgf. Isp: 211 sec. Burn time: 39 sec. Isp(sl): 211 sec. Diameter: 0.7 m. Span: 0.7 m. Length: 2.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. P6

Diamant Chronology

1965 Nov 26 - - 14:47 GMT. LV Configuration: Diamant A s/n No. 1. Launch Site: Hammaguira . Launch Complex: Brigitte.

Asterix 1 Spacecraft: Asterix. Payload: A 1. Mass: 42 kg.
First French satellite. French scientific satellite 'A-I'. Launched from Hammaguir (Algeria) in rder to test the 'Diamant' launching vehicle for the first time.

1966 Feb 17 - - 08:33 GMT. LV Configuration: Diamant A s/n No. 2. Launch Site: Hammaguira . Launch Complex: Brigitte.

Diapason Spacecraft: D. Payload: D-1A. Mass: 19 kg.
Scientific satellite 'D-I' launched from Hammaguir (Algeria).

1967 Feb 8 - - 09:39 GMT. LV Configuration: Diamant A s/n No. 3. Launch Site: Hammaguira . Launch Complex: Brigitte. FAILURE: Partial Failure.

Diademe 1 Spacecraft: Diadem. Payload: Diademe D-1C. Mass: 23 kg.
Orbit too low. Launch time of Diadem I was 10:39:40 on 8 Feb 1967. Launch time of Diadem II was 11:06:57 on 15 Feb 1967.

1967 Feb 15 - - 10:06 GMT. LV Configuration: Diamant A s/n No. 4. Launch Site: Hammaguira . Launch Complex: Brigitte.

Diademe 2 Spacecraft: Diadem. Payload: Diademe D-1D. Mass: 23 kg.
Launch time of Diadem I was 10:39:40 on 8 Feb 1967. Launch time of Diadem II was 11:06:57 on 15 Feb 1967.

Bibliography:

34 - Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets, Macmillan, New York, 1975.

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