Starlette (BETA), a French CNES geodetic satellite—a dense passive laser-ranging sphere for Earth gravity-field and geodesy studies. Diamant BP4 from Guiana Space Centre (Kourou ELD) placed it in LEO on 6 February 1975—the maiden flight of the Diamant BP4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 48 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Diamant BP4 flights
- Date and time
- 6 February 1975, 16:35 UTC
- Rocket
- Diamant BP4
- Builder
- SEREB
- Launch site
- Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1975-010
- Launches in 1975
- 10th of 132
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