The early French Veronique rocket was used by CNES and its IGY precursors in the late 1950s and early 1960s. There were three variants used: the Veronique AGI, the 61 and the 61M. Launches were from CIEES in Algeria until 1967. V62 in 1968 which was a sea recovery test at Kourou. Vesta 6 was a test of the Cassiopee sun pointing system and the Athalie microaccelerometer.
Veronique technology flights | |||
Flight | Date | Lab | Notes |
V44 | 1962 Oct 19 | LRBA | |
V46 | 1962 Oct 22 | LRBA | |
VA75 | 1964 Jun 18 | LRBA | Vero 61 |
VA76 | 1964 Jun 18 | LRBA | Vero 61 |
Vesta 1 | 1965 Oct 15 | LRBA | Vesta |
Vesta 2 | 1965 Oct 25 | LRBA | Vesta |
VA80 | 1966 Mar 24 | CNES | Vero 61 |
V60 | 1966 Jun 27 | CNES | |
VA82 | 1966 Nov 24 | CNES | |
VA81 | 1967 Feb 24 | CNES | |
V62 | 1968 Apr 9 | CNES | CSG recovery |
Vesta 6 | 1969 Nov 8 | LAS/ONERA | CSG Cassiopee |
Veronique flights, unknown | |||
Flight | Date | Lab | Notes |
1975 | Fell back on pad |