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French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) successfully launched French Diamant-B rocket carrying Franco-German scientific satellite Dial (Diamant pour l'Allemagne) from Guiana Space Center (GSC), Kourou, French Guiana. Mission ... was damaged by vibration between 2nd and 3rd stages. French capsule was to have checked Diamant-B stages during flight. Satellite entered orbit with 1613-km (1002.3-mi) apogee, 308 ...

... , Waller, Wash. Post, 2/22/65, 1)'' France's Emeraude rocket, first stage of the Diamant booster, was successfully launched from Hammaguir Range, Algeria, after three failures, Its liquid-fueled engine ... for 88 sec. Twelve Emeraude launchings were originally scheduled. Second and third stages of the Diamant launch vehicle, both solid fueled, had already been successfully tested. No attempt had been made ...

... for this day. (2MB PDF) France successfully launched A-I, her first satellite, with the Diamant booster from Hammaguir Range, Algeria, Countdown had been interrupted for seven hours when a faulty ... two-week lifetime, Radio was functioning feebly. Primary purpose of launch was to test the Diamant booster, whose three stages had been tested individually but not as a three-stage launch ...

Third French satellite, Diademe I (D-IC) , was launched from Hammaguir Range with three-stage Diamant booster. Orbital parameters were 1,341-km (833-mi) apogee, 418 km (260-mi) lower ... ; second, Diapason I (D-1A) , was launched Feb. 17,1966. Fourth and last satellite in Diamant series was scheduled for launch Feb. 19. ''(Hess, NYT, 2/9/67,15; SBD, 2 ...

... Proving Grounds at Hammaguir Range closed after 20 yrs, signaling end of operational use of Diamant 1 booster which had launched four French, satellites from Hammaguir since Nov. 26, 1965. Next ... satellite, 200-lb D-2, would be launched from French Guiana in 1969 with Super Diamant booster. ''(NYT, 2/11/67; Av Wk, 3/27/67,50)'' ComSatCorp requested FCC permission ...

... from Hammaguir Range because of malfunction in ignition system of three-stage Diamant booster. At T-0 in countdown, the Diamant booster remained on launching pad. ‘‘(Reuters, NYT, 2/13/66,3 ...

... scientific satellite, DIAPASON 1 (D-IA) , was successfully launched from Hammaguir Range with three stage Diamant booster. Initial orbital data: apogee, 2,753.5 km. (1,710 mi.); perigee, 503.1 ... radio transmissions normally. This was second launch of a French-made satellite by France’s Diamant booster. First was Nov. 26, 1965, when A-I satellite carrying radio and radar transmitter ...

... Off; NASA Release 70-203)'' France successfully launched Peole (Preliminaire Eole) experimental meteorological satellite on Diamant-B booster from Kourou, French Guiana, into orbit with 749-km (463.4-mi) apogee ... Eole. Launch, originally scheduled for Aug. 24, had been postponed because of vibration problem in Diamant-B booster. ''( Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC SSR, 12/31/70; SBD, 12/15/70 ...

... from Kourou Space Center , failed to enter orbit and fell into the sea when the Diamant-B launch vehicle failed to produce sufficient thrust for the separation of the 2nd and ... , 1971, the Polaire satellite had failed to achieve orbit when the 2nd stage of the Diamant-B booster malfunctioned. ''(AP, M Her, 5/22/73; Tass, FBIS-W Europe, 5/21 ...

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