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The Diamant rocket (Diamant is French for " diamond") was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not built by either the United States or USSR. As such it is the main predecessor of all subsequent European launcher projects. It was derived from the military program Pierres précieuses (fr.: gemstones) that included the five prototypes Agate, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis and Saphir ( Agate, Topaz, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire).
Design of the Diamant began in 1962, as the inaugural spacecraft project of France's space agency, the CNES. Out of 12 launch attempts between 1965 and 1975, 9 were successful. Most notably, the Diamant was used to put the first French satellite, Astérix, into orbit on November 26, 1965. Despite the success, France abandoned its national launcher program in favor of the European Ariane launcher in 1975.
Three successive versions of the Diamant rocket were developed, designated A, B and BP4. All versions had three stages and a payload of approximately 150 kg for a 200 km orbit.
Diamant is another name for Diamond, but may also refer to:
- Diamant, the first exclusively French expendable launch system
- Diamant (bicycle), a German brand of bicycles
- Diamant (train), an international train linking Belgium and Germany
- Diamant Boart, a manufacturer and distributor of diamond tools
- Rocher du Diamant (also known as Diamond Rock), an island off the coast of Martinique
- Diamant (board game), a multiplayer game designed by Alan R. Moon and Bruno Faidutti
- FFA Diamant, a family of gliders
- a Czech high yield, short height, mutant barley variety
People named Diamant:
- Anita Diamant
- Dora Diamant (Diament, Dymant), daughter of Herschel Dymant
- Henri Diamant-Berger
- Illana Diamant and Moshe Diamant, producers of the film Imaginary Heroes
- József Diamant, see Joseph Bard
- Ruth Witt-Diamant
Diamant is a multiplayer card game designed by Alan R. Moon and Bruno Faidutti, published in 2005 in Germany by Schmidt Spiele, with illustrations provided by Jörg Asselborn, Christof Tisch, and Claus Stephan.
An English-language edition of Diamant was published in 2006 by Sunriver Games under the name Incan Gold, with illustrations provided by Matthias Catrein. The rules for Incan Gold and Diamant are the same, but the games have other minor differences.
' Diamant (1916) ' is a 1916 Dutch silent film directed by Johan Gildemeijer.
Diamant is a bicycle brand name used by two separate companies, one in Germany and one in Norway.
The Diamant was an express train operated by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), using different routes over the years. The name Diamant, Flemish for diamond, refers to the city of Antwerp, which is the European centre of diamond trade and has a diamond district. The initial service started in 1962 as a first-class-only FernTriebwagen linking the West-German capital Bonn with Antwerp, using a class diesel multiple unit (DMU).