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Dragon (rocket) - Definition |
| Related Words: Asp, Atlas, Bullpup, Cajun, Corporal, Corvus, Crossbow, Dart, Deacon, Delta, Diamant, Dove, Falcon, Genie, Hawk |
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The Dragon is a two-stage French solid-propellant rocket for high altitude research, a sounding rocket. As first stage an Stromboli engine was used (diameter 56 cm), which burned 675 kg fuel in 16 s and so produced a maximum thrust of 88kN. The Belier was used as upper stage. It belonged thereby to a family of solid-propellant rockets from the Belier, the Centaure, to the Dragon, which existed Dauphin and the Eridan. The pay load from 30 to 120 kg could be brought with it on parabola flights between 390 to 700 km height.
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