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).
Description Bérénice was long, possessed a diameter of and weighed at launch. The takeoff thrust of Bérénice, which could carry a payload of to a height of , amounted to . The first stage, a SEPR-739 Stromboli, was stabilised by four SEPR-P167 rockets developing . The second stage consisted of a SEPR-740 Stromboli, almost identical to the first stage. The third stage was a SEPR-P200 Tramontane and the fourth stage comprised a Mélanie rocket and payload.
Launches The twelve production rockets, Bérénice 001 to Bérénice 012, were launched by ONERA from Ile du Levant from 1962 to 1966. DateMission DescriptionApogee (km)1962 June 27Re-entry Vehicle test2701962 Q3Re-entry Vehicle test2701962 July 6Re-entry Vehicle test2701962 November 1Re-entry Vehicle test2701963 June 27Re-entry Vehicle test2701963 July 3Re-entry Vehicle test2701964Re-entry Vehicle test2701964Re-entry Vehicle test2701964 October 1Re-entry Vehicle test2501964 October 1Re-entry Vehicle test2501965Re-entry Vehicle test2701966Titus test / solar mission270
See also Tibère (rocket) Antarès (OPd-56-39-22D) Mélanie (rocket) Veronique (rocket) French space program
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