Aeronomy

The original scientific flights were for aeronomy and were carried out by the Laboratoire d'Aeronomie and later by LPA.

The CNES list of firings has Veronique flights V32 and V33 listed in June 1961 as well as on the later dates which are confirmed from other sources; I assume the June 1961 entries are in error.

The Lyman alpha flights are assumed to really be aeronomy flights, since some of them just used solar L alpha as a background source for atmospheric absorption. The first Veronique 61 flight in the series, VA79, apparently carried a recoverable payload.

 

Veronique Aeronomy Program
Flight	Date	Lab	Notes
V18	1959 Mar 7	Aero	Na Emission
V17	1959 Mar 10	Aero	Na Emission
V16	1959 Mar 12	Aero	Na Emission
V23	1960 Feb 23	Aero/LPA
V22	1960 Mar 2	Aero	Na Emission
V21	1960 Mar 5	Aero	Na Emission
V20	1960 Jun 13	Aero	Na Emission
V19	1960 Jun 16	Aero	Na Emission
V25	1960 Jun 18	Aero	Grenade
V26	1960 Jun 22	Aero	Grenade
V27	1961 Feb 11	LPA	Grenade
V28	1961 Feb 13	LPA
V29	1961 Feb 15	LPA
V30	1961 Feb 18	LPA
V31	1961 Jun	Aero	Grenade
V39	1962 May 24	Aero	Grenade
V38	1962 May 31	Aero	Grenade
V41	1962 Jun 1	Aero	Grenade
V42	1962 Jun 4	Aero	Grenade
V43	1962 Jun 6	Aero	Grenade
V32	1962 Oct 23	LPA	Photometry
V34	1962 Oct 29	LPA	Photometry
V35	1963 Apr 20	LPA	Vassy
V49	1963 Apr 23	LPA	Vassy
V33	1963 Jun 18	Aero	Bize/L Alpha/Sayers
V40	1963 Jun 19	Aero	Bize/L Alpha/Sayers
V51	1964 Apr 14	Aero	Bize/L Alpha/Sayers
V53	1964 Nov 4	Aero	Bize/L Alpha
VA79	1965 May 27	Aero	L Alpha/Recup SGC
V54	1965 Oct 22	Breisach	Rawer
V55	1965 Oct 28	Breisach	Rawer
V59	1966 Dec 9	CNET	Mass spectrometer
VA86	1967 Mar 24	Breisach	Rawer
VA87	1967 Mar 29	Breisach	Rawer
V61	1969 Feb 20	CNET	Mass spectrometer