|
Test vehicle. Year: 1963. Family: Lambda. Country: Japan. 3-4 stage vehicle series. Manufacturer: ISAS. Launches: 2. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 50.00%. First Launch Date: 1963-08-24. Last Launch Date: 1963-12-11. Launch data is: complete. Payload: 180 kg (390 lb). Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 970.000 kN (218,060 lbf). Total Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Core Diameter: 0.74 m (2.42 ft). Total Length: 15.50 m (50.80 ft).
Lambda 2 Chronology 1963 August 24 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: L. Launch Vehicle: Lambda 2. LV Configuration: Lambda 2 L-2-1. FAILURE: Failure. - Ionosphere/Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 51 km (31 mi). References: 1144.
1963 December 11 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: L. Launch Vehicle: Lambda 2. LV Configuration: Lambda 2 L-2-2. - Ionosphere mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 410 km (250 mi). References: 1126.
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...
|