Diamant·Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques
Diamant B
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 23.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.34 m
- Mass
- 18,000 kg
- Stages
- 3
- Thrust
- 396 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 160 kg
- First flight
- 1970-03-10
- Total launches
- 5
- Success / Fail
- 3 / 2
The Diamant rocket (Diamant is French for "diamond") was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not built by either the United States or USSR. As such, it has been referred to as being a key predecessor for all subsequent European launcher projects.
Payloads it launched
4 loaded