Editing Centaure (rocket) (section)

{{infobox rocket engine|name=Centaure|image=Centaure.jpeg|image_size=|caption=Centaur rocket|country_of_origin=France<ref name="Administration1965">{{cite book|author=United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration|title=Semiannual Report to the Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pm5BAQAAIAAJ|year=1965|publisher=The Administration}}</ref>|designer=|manufacturer=|date=|purpose=high altitude research|successor=|status=|cycle=|type=sounding rocket<ref>{{cite book|title=STAR|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzIzAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=NASA, Office of Scientific and Technical Information}}</ref>|fuel=|oxidiser=|capacity=|combustion_chamber=|nozzle_ratio=|thrust(SL)=|thrust(Vac)=|specific_impulse_vacuum=|specific_impulse_sea_level=|chamber_pressure=|thrust_to_weight=|diameter=|length=|dry_weight=}}'''Centaure''' was a two-stage French [[sounding rocket]] consisting of a [[Venus (rocket)|Venus]] first stage and a [[Belier (rocket)|Belier]] second stage.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fusées-sondes Bélier, Centaure et Éridan {{!}} musée des Arts et Métiers |url=https://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/fusees-sondes-belier-centaure-et-eridan |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=www.arts-et-metiers.net |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Centaure |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/centaure.htm |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=Centaure |url=http://www.astronautix.com/c/centaure.html |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Encyclopedia Astronautica}}</ref> It belongs to a family of solid-propellant rockets consisting of the [[Bélier (rocket)|Belier]], Centaure, [[Dragon (rocket)|Dragon]], [[Dauphin (rocket)|Dauphin]], and [[Éridan (rocket)|Eridan]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
[[File:Sudav-belier-family.gif|thumb|Sud-Aviation Belier rockets evolution]]
It was operated by [[Sud Aviation|Sud-Aviation]] between 1961 and 1986.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Centaure |url=http://www.astronautix.com/c/centaure.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> Centaure rockets were launched from the [[CIEES]]/[[Hammaguir]] missile range, [[Reggane]], [[CELPA]], [[Salto di Quirra]], [[Esrange]], [[Thumba]], [[Sonmiani]], and [[Andøya]].<ref name=":2" /> 

It had a maximum [[Payload (air and space craft)|payload]] of 60 kg, an apogee of 130-146 km,<ref name=":2" /> a launch thrust of 44 [[Newton (unit)|kN]], a launch weight of 500-600 kg, a diameter of 0.28 m and a length of 5.9-6.3 m. 

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