Cora (rocket)

Cora is the name of a one-step French experimental rocket.

This rocket was powered with dinitrogen tetroxide and UDMH. The Cora was used for component testing for the planned rocket Europe. The first stage of Cora was 5.5 meters long and had a diameter of 2 meters. It weighed 9.85 tonnes a full gas tank. The entire missile had a length of 11.5 meters and a takeoff weight of 16.5 tons.

The Cora was launched on 27 November 1966, on 18 December 1966 by Hammaguir. When you first start the control of the rocket after 62 s was lost. The second of these startup was successful. On October 25, 1967, another new launch attempt of Biscarrosse was made ​​, which failed, however, again.

The Cora was the largest ever launched in Western Europe missile.