Bérénice (rocket)

Bérénice was the designation of a four-stage French atmospheric reentry test rocket, developed by O.N.E.R.A.

(Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales).

The takeoff thrust of Bérénice, which could carry a payload of 3,340 kg (7,360 lb) to a height of 1,000 km (620 mi), amounted to 170 kN (38,000 lbf).

The first stage, a SEPR-739 Stromboli, was stabilised by four SEPR-P167 rockets developing 34 kN (7,600 lbf).

[2][3][4][5] The twelve production rockets, Bérénice 001 to Bérénice 012, were launched by ONERA from Ile du Levant from 1962 to 1966.