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Asterix |
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Right click to download Modelsheet (680 KB) Instruction (320 KB) |
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History On
November 26, 1965 France became the worlds third space nation, that had
launched it's own satellite with it's own launcher. The satellite was
first named A-1 (Army’s first satellite), then renamed to Asterix after
a french cartoon. Asterix was 50 cm in diameter, and launched by a diamant
A rocket. When the nose cone ejected one of its antennas was damaged.
Asterix ceased to work after 2 days. But it is still in orbit. Sources: www.capcomespace.net (In french - but simply the best) www.cnes.fr (French national space agency) www.asterixweb.it (Asterix cartoon drawing here!) Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Books and
articles: Rockets of the world by Peter Alway, More french satellites here: |
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