Diamant BP4

Diamant family · Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques · Retired

The Diamant rocket (Diamant is 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. As such, it has been referred to as being a key predecessor for all subsequent European launcher projects.

Specifications

Thrust: 396 kN
Height: 21.6 m
Diameter: 1.34 m
Launch mass: 18 t
Stages: 3
Launch cost: —
LEO capacity: 160 kg
GTO capacity: —
GEO capacity: —
SSO capacity: —

Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.

Flight record

Flights

Launches with a definitive outcome

Success rate

100%

3 of 3

Current success streak

Landings

0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS

Fastest turnaround

—

Between consecutive booster flights

Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.