Japanese sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Kappa 6H + 1 x Kappa 8L
Payload: 25 kg (55 lb) to a 200 km altitude.
Gross mass: 350 kg (770 lb).
Payload: 25 kg (55 lb).
Height: 7.30 m (23.90 ft).
Diameter: 0.25 m (0.82 ft).
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
First Launch: 1962.08.23.
Last Launch: 1966.12.10.
Number: 12 .
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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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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...
Associated Stages
Kappa 8L Chronology
1962 August 23 - .
07:15 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
Launch Complex:
Kagoshima TMP.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 173 km (107 mi).
1963 December 12 - .
08:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-2.
- Aeronomy / Fields mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 103 km (64 mi).
1964 April 1 - .
03:10 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-3.
- Aeronomy / fields mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1964 July 26 - .
09:07 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-4.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi).
1964 July 26 - .
10:51 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-5.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi).
1964 November 2 - .
09:03 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-7.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 156 km (96 mi).
1964 November 10 - .
02:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi).
1964 November 12 - .
03:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-6.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1965 October 6 - .
04:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-9.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 141 km (87 mi).
1966 August 11 - .
12:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-10.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi).
1966 October 18 - .
09:17 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-11.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1966 December 10 - .
02:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8L.
LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-12.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere / solar mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 147 km (91 mi).
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