Aigle (

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for ''eagle'') was a French experimental rocket launched several times between 1960 and 1961. The Aigle was propelled by 984 kilograms of

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and measured 55 cm in diameter. It could propel 360 kilograms of payload to an altitude of up to 6 kilometers. With the addition of an extra booster it became the Éridan.

References

*{{cite book, author1=Horace Jacobs, author2=Eunice Engelke Whitney, title=Missile and Space Projects Guide 1962, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0_2BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59, date=9 November 2013, publisher=Springer, isbn=978-1-4899-6427-4, pages=10 Rockets and missiles