Aeronomy

The original scientific flights were for aeronomy and were carried out by the Laboratoire d'Aeronomie and later by LPA.

The CNES list of firings has Veronique flights V32 and V33 listed in June 1961 as well as on the later dates which are confirmed from other sources; I assume the June 1961 entries are in error.

The Lyman alpha flights are assumed to really be aeronomy flights, since some of them just used solar L alpha as a background source for atmospheric absorption. The first Veronique 61 flight in the series, VA79, apparently carried a recoverable payload.

 

Veronique Aeronomy Program
Flight   Date   Lab   Notes 

V18   1959 Mar 7   Aero Na Emission 
V17   1959 Mar 10  Aero Na Emission 
V16   1959 Mar 12  Aero Na Emission 
V23   1960 Feb 23  Aero/LPA  
V22   1960 Mar 2   Aero   Na Emission 
V21   1960 Mar 5   Aero   Na Emission 
V20   1960 Jun 13   Aero   Na Emission 
V19   1960 Jun 16   Aero   Na Emission 
V25   1960 Jun 18   Aero   Grenade 
V26   1960 Jun 22   Aero   Grenade 
V27   1961 Feb 11   LPA   Grenade 
V28   1961 Feb 13   LPA 
V29   1961 Feb 15   LPA 
V30   1961 Feb 18   LPA 
V31   1961 Jun   Aero   Grenade 
V39   1962 May 24   Aero   Grenade 
V38   1962 May 31   Aero   Grenade 
V41   1962 Jun 1   Aero   Grenade 
V42   1962 Jun 4   Aero   Grenade 
V43   1962 Jun 6   Aero   Grenade 
V32   1962 Oct 23   LPA   Photometry 
V34   1962 Oct 29   LPA   Photometry 
V35   1963 Apr 20   LPA   Vassy 
V49   1963 Apr 23   LPA   Vassy 
V33   1963 Jun 18   Aero   Bize/L Alpha/Sayers 
V40   1963 Jun 19   Aero   Bize/L Alpha/Sayers 
V51   1964 Apr 14   Aero   Bize/L Alpha/Sayers 
V53   1964 Nov 4   Aero   Bize/L Alpha 
VA79  1965 May 27   Aero   L Alpha/Recup SGC 
V54   1965 Oct 22   Breisach   Rawer 
V55   1965 Oct 28   Breisach   Rawer 
V59   1966 Dec 9   CNET   Mass spectrometer 
VA86  1967 Mar 24   Breisach   Rawer 
VA87 1967 Mar 29  Breisach   Rawer 
V61   1969 Feb 20   CNET   Mass spectrometer