Japanese sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x K420 + 1 x Kappa 8
Payload: 50 kg (110 lb) to a 160 km altitude. Failures: 1. First Fail Date: 1962-05-24. Last Fail Date: 1962-05-24.
Gross mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb).
Payload: 50 kg (110 lb).
Height: 10.90 m (35.70 ft).
Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft).
Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).
First Launch: 1960.03.28.
Last Launch: 1970.09.02.
Number: 20 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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Kappa The Kappa series represented Japan's first large post-war indigenously-developed sounding rockets. They led eventually to the Lambda and Mu solid rocket satellite launchers. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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ISAS Japanese agency overseeing development of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Akita Sounding rocket launch site for Kappa series, known to have been used for 81 launches from 1956 to 1990. More...
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Kagoshima Japanese launch center for solid fueled sounding rockets and satellite launchers. Limited to two months a year due to disturbance of local fisheries. More...
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Pameungpeuk Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 10 launches from 1965 to 2005, reaching up to 191 kilometers altitude. More...
Associated Stages
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Kappa 8-2 Solid rocket stage. 34.00 kN (7,644 lbf) thrust. Mass 300 kg (661 lb). More...
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Kappa 9L-1 Solid rocket stage. 110.00 kN (24,729 lbf) thrust. Mass 1,200 kg (2,646 lb). More...
Kappa 8 Chronology
1960 March 28 - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8D-1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 July 11 - .
04:24 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1960 July 17 - .
04:11 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).
1960 September 22 - .
06:32 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-3.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1960 September 26 - .
11:25 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-4.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).
1961 March 27 - .
04:08 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-5.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).
1961 April 18 - .
12:27 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-6.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1961 July 21 - .
02:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-7 TW-10/ID-6.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).
1961 October 24 - .
03:59 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1961 October 30 - .
11:13 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-9.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi).
1962 May 24 - .
10:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-10.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).
1962 December 18 - .
05:03 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-11.
- Cosmic rays mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 202 km (125 mi).
1965 July 16 - .
10:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-12.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).
1965 August 7 - .
Launch Site:
Pameungpeuk.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8(L).
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1965 August 11 - .
01:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Pameungpeuk.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8(L)-4.
- SK-8-4 Aeronomy / ionosphere / Fields mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 191 km (118 mi).
1965 August 17 - .
00:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Pameungpeuk.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8(L).
- SK-8-3 (Grenades) Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1966 April 20 - .
12:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-13.
- Aeronomy / plasma / fields mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).
1966 October 20 - .
02:20 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-14.
- Ionosphere / fields / solar ultraviolet mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 191 km (118 mi).
1969 January 9 - .
07:40 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-15.
- E field antenna Ionosphere / fields mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).
1970 September 2 - .
10:14 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8 K-8-16.
- Ionosphere / release mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi).
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