Canopus (rocket)

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For other uses, see Canopus (disambiguation).

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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