Daniel (rocket) explained

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Daniel
Function:	Experimental rocket
Country-Origin:	France
Stages:	3
Derivatives:	Jericho (missile)
Status:	Retired
Sites:	CERES - Ile de Levant
Launches:	3
Success:	3
Stagedata:	Type: stage Stageno: First SPRAN-50 Solid: yes Burntime: 5.6 s Type: stage Stageno: Second Jericho Type: stage Stageno: Third Melanie Solid: yes Burntime: 4.4 s Fuel: Solid

Daniel (OPD-220-ADX) is the designation for a French experimental rocket, a precursor to the Israeli Jericho ballistic missile.^{[1] [2]}

Description

It consisted of 3 stages: a SPRAN-50 first stage, a Jericho second stage and a Mélanie third stage.^[3] Daniel was capable of reaching a maximum altitude of 130 km and had a takeoff weight of 1000 kg, a diameter of 0.40 m and a length of 8.40 m

Launches

Daniel was launched three times between 1959 and 1961 by ONERA from Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux - Ile de Levant.^[4]

Daniel launches!Date!Mission!Apogee

1959 January 27	Atmosphere radioactivity	127 km (78 mi)
1961 October 5	Test / aeronomy mission	130 km (80 mi)
1961 October 9	Test / aeronomy mission	130 km (80 mi)

See also

• ONERA
• Bérénice

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wade . Mark . 2019 . Daniel . Encyclopedia Astronautica . 2023-11-11 . 2022-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516044056/http://astronautix.com/d/daniel.html . dead .
2. Web site: Serra . Jean-Jacques . 2007-01-13 . ONERA rockets . 2023-11-11 . Rockets in Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20070113212303/http://fuseurop.univ-perp.fr/onera_e.htm . 2007-01-13 .
3. Book: Christophe Rothmund. History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics : Toulouse, France, 2001. 2010. American Astronautical Society. 978-0-87703-555-8.
4. Web site: Krebs . Gunter D. . 2023 . Daniel (OPD-220-ADX) . 2023-11-11 . Gunter's Space Page . en.