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PLS, 1989 study by Aérospatiale, Arianespace and SEP

3 Thiokol Castor 4B as first stage, with the French M4 SSBM's first 2 stage (P20 and P8) as upper stage, and the Italian IRIS (flew on the shuttle) kick-stage on top.
It would be launched on ELA-D (Diamant launch pad in Kourou). Performances were 810 kg to a 500 km polar orbit. Development costs were estimated at 630M Francs ($300M today).

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