National Center of Space Research

Polaire

Diamant B

FAILURE
Failure

Sunday, December 5, 1971 · 16:20 UTC

Mission

/01

Satellite similar to Tournesol (detect the presence of hydrogen in several directions of the celestial sphere) but in a more polar orbit. It failed to reach orbit.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Polar Orbit (PO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Diamant B

Variant: B

Launch Pad

Diamant Launch Area

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

5.222° N, 52.776° W

4

Pad Launches

5

Location Launches

10

Agency Launches

121

Orbital This Year

← Back to Launches