Canopus (rocket)

Canopus (rocket)

"Canopus" is the name of an Argentinian sounding rocket. The "Canopus" rocket was launched as a sounding rocket under the name "Canopus 2" and as the first stage of the "Rigel" between 1969 and 1973. The maximum flight altitude reached by the "Canopus" was 150 kilometres; its launch mass was 300 kilograms and its length four metres.

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