So in my ATL the Black Diamant is air dropped from a Vulcan flying at 60 000ft.
Not too far from Kourou is Cayenne international airport, so the Vulcan is based there.
that work perfect!
back to ELDO-ESRO Fisaco
so wat went wrong ?
technical problem
The ELDO-A (Europa) rocket was build from three countrys
putting the stage together was major problem
Blue streak manual was in english and Imperial system (foot, pound...)
Corallie manual was in french and Metric system (meter, kg...)
Astris 2 manual was in english and german
and Technicians how assembly the Rocket had also Language problems
only hardware tat work 100 % was the Belgium Selfdestruct system
allready Testflight F6/1 F6/2 show the electrical system problems
Corallie autopilot shut down durning launch
Testflight F7 and F8 the third stage explode at stage seperation
the stage seperation system trigger the Selfdestruct system
Testflight F9 was almost a sucess but a poorly secured electrical connector.
lossing durnig Launch so the Payload envelope was not drop
and third stage with Italian test-sat within Payload envelope fall in atlantic
Testflight F10 was chanceld
Testflight F11 made from Kourou and used first time on board Inertial navigation, (F1 to F9 was radiocontroll)
but because bad system Integration and fact they ignored the air humidity,
at Kourou (woomberra is dry desert)
the air humidity create electro static build up durnig launch, wat create a short circuit in the Inertial navigation...
Testflight 12 was delivert ot Kourou but EUROPA Program was chanceld.
Politcal Problem
the ELDO Manager had NEVER control on Program
it was Minster of Science of Europe how control the ELDO!
how pay the most, get bigges part of Program so more control on program...
1965 france made agressive Approaching
drop ELDO-A Rocket and Build ELDO-B with LOX/LH2 stages
(of curse with French LOX/LH2 engine payed by ELDO)
this delay the program for one year
1966 England drop the Bomb with Statement "to redraw completly from ELDO"
because cost overrun, delay in Program by France
(the Labor goverment wanted US rocket instatt Europe rocket)
in end ELDO-B was pust to future study and EUROPA-2 Rocket taken)
1967 Europan leader call for fusion of ELDO-ERNO to One Europan Space agency
(ESA 7 year earlier !)
1968 England Labor goverment refuse payment and further participation in future projects
in end England only gave support for Blue Streak prodution for EUROPA-2
the ELDO wandet to call in Den Haag "International Court of Justice"
to sue England to respect Treaties and Payment, but chance thery mind.
one of the victims was Test launch F-10 how was cut
1970 beginn of the end
England tory minister Fredrick Corfield (only some week in office)
came unprepared to meeting, his harsh statements on Program was a dead blow
he refuse to pay EUROPA-III, EUROPA-2 Flight, Europa-NASA join venture.
1971 after F11 fiasco
was ELDO Manager blame for that...
1972 the NEW Britsh minister of Transport, industry, aerospace ! Michael Heseltine
try to chance and save the program but next year he lost his office.
in 1972 German kill ELDO-ESRO in Science Minister meeting
and they made follow decision
Fusion of ELDO-ESRO to New agency called ESA
chanceld of EUROPA-III Program and take of L3S "Ariane" Program
(defacto a transform EUROPA-III

)
ESA-NASA Joinventure (Spacelab)