Japanese sounding rocket. Single stage vehicle.
Status: Retired 1971.
Gross mass: 100 kg (220 lb).
Height: 2.80 m (9.10 ft).
Diameter: 0.16 m (0.52 ft).
Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
First Launch: 1964.07.17.
Last Launch: 1971.09.11.
Number: 12 .
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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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Mitsubishi Japanese manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Mitsubishi Electric Corp, 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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S-B-1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded mass 100 kg. More...
S-B Chronology
1964 July 17 - .
07:20 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B S-B1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1964 July 19 - .
03:47 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B S-B2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1964 July 23 - .
03:37 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B S-B3.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1965 June 15 - .
02:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B S-B4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1965 June 16 - .
04:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B S-B5.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1965 November 18 - .
06:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B SB-II F6.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1965 November 19 - .
01:44 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Niijima.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B SB-II F7.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1969 September 9 - .
06:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B SB-III F11.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1971 February 3 - .
01:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B SB-III A12.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1971 February 3 - .
06:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B SB-III A13.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1971 September 6 - .
01:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B SB-III A14.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1971 September 11 - .
01:45 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
S-B.
LV Configuration: S-B SB-III A15.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: STA. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
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