VE 9
Test vehicle. Year: 1960. Country: France.

First test rocket in the series leading to French IRBM's. The VE 9 instrumented warhead was boosted twice in 1960 and 1961 by a SEPR 732, motor, 55 cm in diameter. his had been developed as the booster for the SE.4400 Surface-to-Air Missile and was the most powerful French solid propellant motor available at that time.

Payload: 360 kg (790 lb). Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi).



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