Polaire Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

5 Dec 1971, 4:20pm

Location

Guiana Space Centre Launch Site

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Diamant Launch Area

Launch Service Provider

CNES logo

CNES

Vehicle

Diamant B

Mission

Polaire

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Destination

Polar Orbit

Satellite similar to Tournesol (detect the presence of hydrogen in several directions of the celestial sphere) but in a more polar orbit. It failed to reach orbit.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:55pm UTC

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