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Test vehicle. Year: 1964. Family: Precious stone. Country: France. Manufacturer's Designation: VE210. Two-stage test vehicle consisting of 1 x Agate + 1 x P064. It was designed to test the upper stage and payload elements of the Diamant orbital launcher. These included fairing jettison, spin-up, release, and ignition of the P064 final stage. Six launches were used to validate the design and led to the success of the Diamant on its first flight. The last four launches were made on behalf of CNES to validate payloads for the D1 satellite and carry scientific instruments for the Paris Observatory and Max Planck Institute. Manufacturer: SEREB. Launches: 11. First Launch Date: 1964-06-10. Last Launch Date: 1967-07-05. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 2,000 km (1,200 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 186.000 kN (41,814 lbf). Total Mass: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb). Core Diameter: 0.80 m (2.62 ft). Total Length: 9.60 m (31.40 ft).
Rubis Chronology 1964 June 10 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R1. - Test mission Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). References: 1818.
1964 June 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R2. - Test mission Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). References: 1818.
1964 October 12 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R3. - Test mission Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). References: 1818.
1964 December 18 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R4. - Test mission Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). References: 1818.
1965 May 31 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R5. - Test/Ionosphere mission? Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 2,000 km (1,200 mi). References: 1818.
1965 June 3 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R6. - Test/Ionosphere mission? Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 2,000 km (1,200 mi). References: 1818.
1965 June 5 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R7. - Rubis 01/D-1 Test/Ionosphere mission? Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 2,020 km (1,250 mi). Carried a D-1 satellite test experiment, a magnetosphere sensor, and a Meudon radioastronomy experiment with a 36m dipole observing at 1.8 and 2.4 MHz References: 1818.
1965 September 30 - 04:20 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R8. - Rubis 02 Astronomy/Magnesium release mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 1,760 km (1,090 mi). References: 1592.
1965 October 2 - 04:22 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R9?. - SE-9 Aeronomy/Ionosphere mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES?. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi). References: 1592.
1966 April 22 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Bacchus. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R9. - Rubis 03 Aeronomy mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 2,035 km (1,264 mi). References: 1044.
1967 July 5 - 12:28 GMT - Launch Site: Biscarosse. Launch Vehicle: Rubis. LV Configuration: Rubis R10. - Rubis 04 Astronomy mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). Radio-astronomy experiment; measured the MHz range radio background References: 1818.
Bibliography and Further Reading - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
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