Onera sounding rockets

The '''Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales (English: National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research) or ONERA', dubbed The French Aerospace Lab in English, is the French national aerospace research center. Originally founded as the Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aéronautiques'' (National Office for Aeronautical Studies and Research) in 1946, it was relabeled in 1963.

rocket

designation of a French experimental rocket

French experimental sub-orbital rocket designed by ONERA for reentry studies

sounding rocket

thumb|Tibère sounding rocket scheme. thumb|Tibère (fourth rocket) as part of the Onera sounding rocket family. Tibère was a French atmospheric reentry test rocket developed by O.N.E.R.A. (''Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales). It evolved from its predecessor, Bèrènice, with development initiated in 1965 to support the ELECTRE'' reentry experiment program. Tibère, standing at a height of 14.5 m and weighing 4.5 tons, operated as a three-stage rocket.