A Veronique launched in May 1963 carried a CEA experiment to measure the X-ray background. A flight in Apr 1966 may have been astronomy-related. The VA89 flight was the first nighttime payload recovery.
Veronique Astronomy Program | ||||
Flight | Date | Lab | Notes | Site |
V45 | 1963 May 1 | LPA/CEA | Vassy/Rawer/CEA | HMG |
VA78 | 1966 Apr 4 | CNES | ACS/cosmic rays/L alpha | HMG |
VA77 | 1966 Oct 1 | CNES | ACS/Labeyrie/Courtes | HMG |
VA84 | 1967 Jan 11 | LAS/CEA | Cameras Nocturnes | HMG |
V63 | 1967 Jan 13 | Aero | Solar UV | HMG |
VA88 | 1967 Apr 4 | LAS/CEA | Camera Nocturne/ X-rays | HMG |
VA89 | 1968 Jul 25 | LAS/CEA | X-rays | CSG |
VA83 | 1968 Dec 18 | LAS | Nebular photometry | CSG |
VA90 | 1968 Dec 23 | LAS/CEA | Nebular photometry/X-rays | CSG |
The flights in 1964 described as 'Pointeur' were tests of guidance systems for solar pointing telescopes, and returned narrow band UV images of the Sun for the first time.
Veronique Solar physics Program | |||
Flight | Date | Lab | Notes |
V48 | 1963 May 10 | Aero | Coronagraph |
V52 | 1964 Nov 8 | Aero | Pointeur Colorado |
V56 | 1965 Feb 12 | Aero | Pointeur LCA |
V57 | 1966 Apr 6 | Aero | Pointeur Ball Bros. |
V64 | 1967 Mar 17 | Aero | Coronagraphe |