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  2. French space program - Wikipedia

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    Space launch vehicle imagined on a Gobelins tapestry, ordered by Colbert and drawn by Le Brun, 1664.. Space travel has long been a significant ambition in French culture.From the Gobelins' 1664 tapestry representing a space rocket, [1] to Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon and George Méliès' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, space and rocketry were present in French society long ...

  3. Ariane (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    Ariane is a series of European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. The name comes from the French spelling of the mythological character Ariadne . France first proposed the Ariane project and it was officially agreed upon at the end of 1973 after discussions between France, Germany and the UK.

  4. Astérix (satellite) - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 26–27 It appears Astérix was put into orbit prior to FR-1 because Charles de Gaulle and CNES wanted France to become the third space power by launching an independently-developed satellite on a French launcher, a propaganda coup for French exceptionalism during the Cold War. [1]: 26–27 [2] [3]

  5. Arianespace - Wikipedia

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    Arianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider.It operates two launch vehicles: Vega C, a small-lift rocket, and Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket.

  6. ArianeGroup - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the Ariane heavy-lift launcher, Arianespace also has a portfolio of smaller launch vehicles, including the Soyuz-2 as a medium-lift alternative, and the solid-fueled Vega for lighter payloads. Arianespace uses the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana as its main launch site. [21]

  7. Hermes (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    The Resource Module and the launcher would be expended. [9] When launching the Hermes, the Ariane 5 would have had its upper stage replaced by the space plane and an adaptor to mate the vehicle to the main cryogenic stage. The equipment bay of the launcher would also be removed and the spaceplane would perform all guidance and control functions ...

  8. Diamant - Wikipedia

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    Military space program French: pierres précieuses (fr.: gemstones) that included the five prototypes Agathe, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis and Saphir.. The Diamant rocket (French for "diamond") was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not built by either the United States or USSR.

  9. Ariane 2 - Wikipedia

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    Ariane 2 was a European expendable space launch vehicle, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 1986 and 1989 as part of Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 2 was Aérospatiale , while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government's space ...