VE 110 Agate is the designation of an unguided French test rocket developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.^[1][2][3]

Agate

Agate VE 110
Function	Sounding rocket
Manufacturer	SEREB
Country of origin	France
Size
Height	8.50 metres (27.9 ft)
Diameter	0.80 metres (2.6 ft)
Mass	3,200 kilograms (7,100 lb)
Stages	1
Associated rockets
Derivative work	Rubis, Diamant
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	CIEES/CERES Ile du Levant
Total launches	12
Success(es)	11
Failure(s)	1
First flight	June 3, 1961
Last flight	April 20, 1964
First stage
Powered by	NA801 Mammouth
Maximum thrust	186 kilonewtons (42,000 lbf)
Propellant	Solid
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It was part of the Pierres précieuses (fr.: gemstones) program, that included five prototypes Agathe, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis and Saphir,^[3] leading up to the Diamant orbital rocket.

The Agate has a length of 8.50 metres, a diameter of 0.80 metres, a start mass of 3.2 tonnes, a takeoff thrust of 186 kN and a ceiling of 20 km. It used a NA801 Mammouth solid propellant rocket engine (same as the Rubis VE-210).^[2]

The initial version was designated VE (Véhicule Expérimental) 110,^[1][3] while the VE 110RR version was used to develop recovery procedures at sea.^[2][3] The name indicates that it is a "Véhicule Expérimental" (Experimental Vehicle) with 1 stage, using solid propulsion (code 1), and not guided (code 0).

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  Military space program Pierres précieuses (fr.: gemstones) that included the five prototypes Agathe, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis et Saphir.
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  Agate and Rubis rockets