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\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Diamant A
\<COLOUR 1> HEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 18.9 metres
\<COLOUR 1> LIFT-OFF THRUST: \<COLOUR 0> 30 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> NO OF STAGES: \<COLOUR 0> 3
\<COLOUR 1> PROPELLANTS: \<COLOUR 0> First stage, turpentine/nitric acid; second and third stages, solid
\<COLOUR 1> PAYLOAD: \<COLOUR 0> Early French satellites
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Hammaguir, Sahara Desert, North Africa
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> France
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Launches the first French satellite, Asterisk 1, on November 26, 1965.