Dauphin (rocket)

Dauphin
Country of origin	France
Successor	MR-30
sounding rocket

The Dauphin is a French sounding rocket, flown six times between 1967 and 1979.^[2]^[3] It consists of a modification of the first stage of the Dragon with a larger payload nosecone.

The Dauphin has a diameter of 56 centimetres, a launch weight of 1.132 metric tons, a length of 6.21 metres, a takeoff thrust of 90 kN and a ceiling of 150 kilometres.

It belonged to the Stromboli family of solid-propellant rockets including the Belier, the Centaure, and the Dragon, along with the Eridan.^[4]

^ Frank H. Winter (1990). Rockets Into Space. Harvard University Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-674-77660-9.
^ Jung, Philippe (2003-09-29). "History of Dauphin & Eridan Sounding Rockets". 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi:10.2514/6.IAC-03-IAA.2.3.05.
^ "Dauphin". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ "Dauphin". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

[Winter1990-1] Frank H. Winter (1990). Rockets Into Space. Harvard University Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-674-77660-9.

[2] Jung, Philippe (2003-09-29). "History of Dauphin & Eridan Sounding Rockets". 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi:10.2514/6.IAC-03-IAA.2.3.05.

[:0-3] "Dauphin". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

[4] "Dauphin". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

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Dauphin (rocket)

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