French submarine-launched ballistic missile. Two stage vehicle.
Standard warhead: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb). Maximum range: 2,900 km (1,800 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1972.
Gross mass: 31,890 kg (70,300 lb).
Payload: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb).
Height: 14.79 m (48.52 ft).
Diameter: 1.49 m (4.88 ft).
Span: 2.62 m (8.59 ft).
Thrust: 533.40 kN (119,913 lbf).
Apogee: 600 km (370 mi).
First Launch: 1973.09.18.
Last Launch: 1977.03.16.
Number: 6 .
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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 S2 Chronology
1973 September 18 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S2.
LV Configuration: SSBS S2 S-1E-2602.
- Operational test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1974 January 30 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S2.
LV Configuration: SSBS S2 S-1E-2603.
- Operational test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1974 June 18 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S2.
LV Configuration: SSBS S2 S-1E-2604.
- Operational test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1975 June 24 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S2.
LV Configuration: SSBS S2 S-1E-2605.
- Operational test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1976 June 1 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S2.
LV Configuration: SSBS S2 S-1E-2606.
- Operational test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1977 March 16 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse BLB.
LV Family:
SSBS.
Launch Vehicle:
SSBS S2.
LV Configuration: SSBS S2 S-1E-2607.
- Operational test - .
Nation: France. Agency: DMA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
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