 Although assembled by ERNO in Bremen, the engine was made by Société d'Etudes pour la Propulsion par Réaction (SEPR), part of Snecma in Villaroche.On 2 July 1969, on a launch at Woomera of the three-stage 108 foot (33 m) rocket, the "Astris" third stage failed to light, after the other two had successfully fired.After the third stage, an apogee kick motor would be used to put a satellite into a synchronous orbit.