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Kappa 8L
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Sounding rocket. Year: 1962. Family: Kappa. Country: Japan. 2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Kappa 6H + 1 x Kappa 8L Manufacturer: ISAS. Launches: 12. First Launch Date: 1962-08-23. Last Launch Date: 1966-12-10. Launch data is: complete. Payload: 25 kg (55 lb). Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). Total Mass: 350 kg (770 lb). Core Diameter: 0.25 m (0.82 ft). Total Length: 7.30 m (23.90 ft).
Kappa 8L Chronology 1962 August 23 - 07:15 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-1. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 173 km (107 mi). References: 1767.
1963 December 12 - 08:50 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-2. - Aeronomy/Fields mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 103 km (64 mi). References: 1144.
1964 April 1 - 03:10 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-3. - Aeronomy/Fields mission? Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 1144.
1964 July 26 - 10:51 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-5. - Aeronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). References: 1128.
1964 July 26 - 09:07 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-4. - Aeronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi). References: 1128.
1964 November 2 - 09:03 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-7. - Aeronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 156 km (96 mi). References: 1128.
1964 November 10 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-8. - Ionosphere mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi). References: 1592.
1964 November 12 - 03:05 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-6. - Aeronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 1592.
1965 October 6 - 04:00 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-9. - Aeronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 141 km (87 mi). References: 1592.
1966 August 11 - 12:05 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-10. - Aeronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). References: 1592.
1966 October 18 - 09:17 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-11. - Aeronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 1592.
1966 December 10 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8L. LV Configuration: Kappa 8L K-8L-12. - Aeronomy/Ionosphere/Solar mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 147 km (91 mi). References: 1592.
Bibliography and Further Reading - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- Ley, Willy, Rockets Missiles and Men in Space, Viking Press, New York, 1968. ISBN: 0670602264. Willy Ley was one of the great science writers and promoters of spaceflight in the 1950's. This book covers basic concepts and the history of rocketry up to the early 1960's. More at amazon.com...
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