Daniel (rocket) explained
| Upright: | yes |
| Daniel |
| Function: | Experimental rocket |
| Country-Origin: | France |
| Stages: | 3 |
| Derivatives: | Jericho (missile) |
| Status: | Retired |
| Sites: | CERES - Ile de Levant |
| Launches: | 3 |
| Success: | 3 |
| Stagedata: | | Type: | stage | | Stageno: | First | | SPRAN-50 | | Solid: | yes | | Burntime: | 5.6 s |
| Type: | stage | | Stageno: | Second | | Jericho |
| Type: | stage | | Stageno: | Third | | Melanie | | Solid: | yes | | Burntime: | 4.4 s | | Fuel: | Solid |
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Daniel (OPD-220-ADX) is the designation for a French experimental rocket, a precursor to the Israeli Jericho ballistic missile.[1] [2]
Description
It consisted of 3 stages: a SPRAN-50 first stage, a Jericho second stage and a Mélanie third stage.[3] Daniel was capable of reaching a maximum altitude of 130 km and had a takeoff weight of 1000 kg, a diameter of 0.40 m and a length of 8.40 m
Launches
Daniel was launched three times between 1959 and 1961 by ONERA from Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux - Ile de Levant.[4]
Daniel launches!Date!Mission!Apogee| 1959 January 27 | Atmosphere radioactivity | 127 km (78 mi) |
| 1961 October 5 | Test / aeronomy mission | 130 km (80 mi) |
| 1961 October 9 | Test / aeronomy mission | 130 km (80 mi) | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Wade . Mark . 2019 . Daniel . Encyclopedia Astronautica . 2023-11-11 . 2022-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516044056/http://astronautix.com/d/daniel.html . dead .
- Web site: Serra . Jean-Jacques . 2007-01-13 . ONERA rockets . 2023-11-11 . Rockets in Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20070113212303/http://fuseurop.univ-perp.fr/onera_e.htm . 2007-01-13 .
- Book: Christophe Rothmund. History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics : Toulouse, France, 2001. 2010. American Astronautical Society. 978-0-87703-555-8.
- Web site: Krebs . Gunter D. . 2023 . Daniel (OPD-220-ADX) . 2023-11-11 . Gunter's Space Page . en.
