Daniel is the designation of a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 experimental rocket

Rocket

A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction...

. It consists of 3 stages (first stage: SPRAN-50, second stage: Jericho

Jericho

Jericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently...

, third stage: Melanie

Melanie (rocket)

Melanie is a French solid rocket motor, 16 cm in diameter. The first version was used as first stage of the Monica rocket. It had a thrust increasing from 6.2 kN to 8.2 kN and a burn time of about five seconds. Melanie was later used in several ATEF and ONERA rockets...

) and was launched three times between 1959 and 1961 from the Ile de Levant. The Daniel reached a maximum height of 130 km and had a takeoff weight of 1000 kg, a diameter of 0.40 m and a length of 8.40 m