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Dragon (rocket)

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Sud-Aviation Belier rocket family.

The Dragon is a two-stage French solid propellant<ref name="Army1975">Template:Cite book</ref> sounding rocket used for high altitude research between 1962 and 1973.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name="dragon 2B" /><ref name="dragon 3" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It belonged thereby to a family of solid-propellant rockets derived from the Bélier, including the Centaure, the Dauphin and the Éridan.<ref name=":0" />

The dragon's first stage was a Stromboli engine (diameter 56 cm) which burned 675 kg of propellant in 16 seconds and so produced a maximum thrust of 88 kN.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Versions of the Bélier engine were used as upper stages.<ref name=":0" />

A payload of 30 to 120 kg could be carried on parabolic with apogees between 440 km (270 mi) (Dragon-2B)<ref name="dragon 2B">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 560 km (340 mi)(Dragon-3)<ref name="dragon 3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

VersionsEdit

The Dragon was built in several versions including the Dragon-2B, and Dragon-3:<ref name="dragon 2B" /><ref name="dragon 3" /><ref name=":0" />

Version Stages Gross mass (kg) Height (m) Diameter (m) Apogee (km) Payload (kg)
Dragon Stromboli + Belier I 1157 7.10 0.56 475 60
Dragon-2B Stromboli + Belier II 1200 7 0.56 440
Dragon-3 Stromboli + Belier III 1190 8.16 0.56 560 60

LaunchesEdit

Dragons have been launched from Andøya, Biscarrosse, Dumont d'Urville, CELPA (El Chamical), CIEES, Kerguelen Islands, Kourou, Salto di Quirra, Sonmiani, Thumba, and Vík í Mýrdal between 1962 and 1973.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name="dragon 2B" /><ref name="dragon 3" />

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