France's own early independent launch vehicle program, the Diamant rocket that made France the third nation to reach orbit with its own booster in 1965, before French launch capability was folded into the joint European program recorded separately above.
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1. Wikipedia: Asterix (satellite)
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It was launched on 26 November 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES launch site at Hammaguir, Algeria.
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