French submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Gross mass: 31,900 kg (70,300 lb).
Height: 14.80 m (48.50 ft).
Diameter: 1.50 m (4.90 ft).
Apogee: 600 km (370 mi).
First Launch: 1968.12.21.
Last Launch: 1973.03.15.
Number: 13 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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missile Guided self-propelled military weapon (as opposed to rocket, an unguided self-propelled weapon). More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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SEREB French manufacturer of rocket engines and rockets. SEREB, France. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Biscarosse In April 1962 France signed the final agreements with Algeria, requiring them to evacuate their rocket test ranged there by July 1967. Three months later a site on French soil on the Bay of Biscay, at Landes, near Biscarosse, was selected. The site would allow the testing of missiles over the Atlantic out to a range of 3000 km. This would put the RV impact area near the Azores, and a tracking station was opened in October 1966 on Flores island. More...
Associated Stages
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SSBS S01-2 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded mass 10,000 kg. Thrust 440.00 kN. More...
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SSBS S3-1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded mass 16,000 kg. Thrust 540.00 kN. More...
SSBS S02 Chronology
1968 December 21 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 V1.
- S02V-1 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1969 April 23 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 V2.
- S02V-2 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1969 May 30 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 V3.
- S02V-3 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1969 June 24 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 V4.
- S02V-4 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1969 July 25 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 C1.
- S02C-1 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1969 October 13 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 C2.
- S02C-2 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1969 December 10 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 C3.
- S02C3 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1970 April 20 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 C4.
- S02C4 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1970 September 24 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 C5.
- S02C5 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1970 November 10 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 C6.
- S02C6 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1971 December 16 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 S-1E-2601.
- Operational test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1973 February 14 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 2601.
- S02C 2601 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1973 March 15 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S02.
LV Configuration: SSBS S02 2602.
- S02C 2602 test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
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