Japanese test vehicle. Single stage vehicle.
Status: Retired 1969.
Gross mass: 100 kg (220 lb).
Height: 4.00 m (13.10 ft).
Diameter: 0.16 m (0.52 ft).
Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
First Launch: 1965.11.17.
Last Launch: 1969.09.20.
Number: 5 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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S Series of Japanese single-stage sounding rockets designed for low-cost observations of the ionosphere. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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STA Japanese agency overseeing development of rockets. Science and Technology Agency, Japan. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Niijima Sounding rocket and test vehicle launch site, known to have been used for 18 launches from 1963 to 1965, reaching up to 150 kilometers altitude. More...
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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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NAL-16-1 Solid rocket stage. 10.00 kN (2,248 lbf) thrust. Mass 100 kg (220 lb). More...
NAL-16 Chronology
1965 November 17 - .
06:34 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
NAL-16.
LV Configuration: NAL-16 NAL-16TR.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 45 km (27 mi).
1967 - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
NAL-16.
LV Configuration: NAL-16 NAL-16TR.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 45 km (27 mi).
1968 September 19 - .
07:01 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
NAL-16.
LV Configuration: NAL-16 NAL-16H F1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1969 January 30 - .
01:31 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
NAL-16.
LV Configuration: NAL-16 NAL-16 31D.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
1969 September 20 - .
01:55 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
NAL-16.
LV Configuration: NAL-16 NAL-16H F2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
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