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The Onera Berenice was a French four-stage solid-propellant rocket vehicle designed for research into re-entry at Mach 12 during the 1960's. The Onera Berenice was 1325 cm long with a maximum diameter of 56 cm. The Berenice was launched at an angle of 85 degrees so as to limit the altitude to which the rocket reached to 270 km.
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The Onera LEX (Lithergol Experimental) was a French small hybrid rocket first launched in 1964 and designed to test a then new kind of rocket propulsion. The LEX was 350 cm long and 16 cm in diameter. The Onera LEX was also capable of being used as a meteorological sounding rocket.
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The Onera LEX was a French hybrid rocket vehicle first launched in 1964. The Onera LEX was developed to flight test a new kind of propulsion based upon variable oxidizer flow so as to keep acceleration near to the optimum for economy of impulse.
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The Onera Tacite was a French scientific rocket first launched in 1965. The Onera Tacite was designed to carry out measurements of infra-red emission around the horizon as seen from outer space. The Onera Tacite was a solid-propellant single-stage rocket capable of carrying a 200 kg payload - usually of three telescopes and radio transmission equipment - to a height of 200 km.
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The Onera Tacite was a French rocket of the 1960's, first successfully launched in 1965, designed to carry out measurements of infra-red emission around the horizon, as seen from outer space. Tacite was a single-stage solid-propellant rocket, 680 cm long and had a diameter of 56 cm.
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The Onera Titus was a French experimental rocket of the 1960's. The Titus was a two-stage solid-propellant rocket employing the first two-stages of the Onera Berenice rocket and was capable of carrying a 325 kg payload to an altitude of 270 km.
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ONERA is an abbreviation for Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales
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