Diadème 2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

10:06:00

Wednesday February 15, 1967

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Last flight of a Diamant A, and last launch from the Hammaguir base.

Diadème 2

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The French satellites Diadème 1 and Diadème 2 were geodetic missions. These satellites are magnetically stabilized which limits their trackability in the southern hemisphere. Diadème has the following instrumentation onboard: - Dual frequency Doppler transmitters - Retroreflector array consisting of 2 flattened truncated cones with 77 cube corners per cone for a total of 144 cube corners.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

23 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Diamant A

Active 1965 to 1967

Aérospatiale logo

Manufacturer

Aérospatiale

Rocket

Height: 18.49m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 80 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

274 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 0.65m

Height: 2.16m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Brigitte

Hammaguir, Algeria, France

Fastest Turnaround

7 days

Stats

Diamant


4th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1967

Aérospatiale


4th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1967

1967


15th

Orbital launch attempt