Japanese test vehicle. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x LS-C Booster + 1 x LS-C
Gross mass: 2,300 kg (5,000 lb).
Height: 10.30 m (33.70 ft).
Diameter: 0.60 m (1.96 ft).
Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
First Launch: 1968.09.19.
Last Launch: 1974.02.09.
Number: 8 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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Lambda All solid-propellant vehicle, Japan's first satellite launcher. The L-4S project simulated the procedures and demonstrated the capabilities required for orbital satellite launch essential to the follow-on Mu project. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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Mitsubishi Japanese manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Japan. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Tanegashima Japan's main launch site for he larger N and H launch vehicles. In use for sounding rockets from 1967 and orbital launches from 1975. As of 2007 over 140 major launches had been made from the site. More...
Associated Stages
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LS-C-1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded mass 300 kg. More...
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LS-C-2 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded mass 300 kg. More...
LS-C Chronology
1968 September 19 - .
01:58 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-D.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1969 February 6 - .
06:31 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1969 September 10 - .
06:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1970 February 3 - .
06:03 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-3.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1970 September 9 - .
06:40 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1971 September 10 - .
06:47 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-5.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1972 September 25 - .
06:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-6.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1974 February 9 - .
06:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
Lambda.
Launch Vehicle:
LS-C.
LV Configuration: LS-C-7.
- LE-3 test - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
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