 | TT-500
Credit - NASDA
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Sounding rocket. Year: 1977. Family: Other Suborbital Vehicles. Country: Japan. Other Designations: TT-500A. Small, half-meter diameter, two stage suborbital rocket used for tracking system and microgravity tests. TT-500 launches 1 to 7 were tests of the design, used to validate the launch site system's tracking function. The TT-500A rocket was an improved version with experiment equipment in the payload section. It was used in launches 8 to 13, between 1980 and 1983, for space materials experiments. It was launched on ballistic, parabolic flights producing about seven minutes of microgravity, during which metal melting and solidifying, semiconductor and amorphous semiconductor, manufacturing compound and other experiments were conducted. Manufacturer: NASDA. Launches: 13. First Launch Date: 1977-01-25. Last Launch Date: 1983-08-18. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Total Mass: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb). Core Diameter: 0.50 m (1.64 ft). Total Length: 10.50 m (34.40 ft).
TT-500 Chronology 1977 January 25 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. LV Configuration: TT-500 TT-500-1F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1977 August 25 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. LV Configuration: TT-500 TT-500-2F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1978 January 16 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. LV Configuration: TT-500 TT-500-3F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1978 August 25 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. LV Configuration: TT-500 TT-500-4F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1979 January 27 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. LV Configuration: TT-500 TT-500-5F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1979 August 25 - 01:40 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. LV Configuration: TT-500 TT-500-6F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1980 January 28 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. LV Configuration: TT-500 TT-500-7F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1980 September 13 - 22:00 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. Model: TT-500A. LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-8F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1981 January 14 - 22:00 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. Model: TT-500A. LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-9F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1981 August 1 - 22:00 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. Model: TT-500A. LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-10F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1982 August 15 - 23:15 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. Model: TT-500A. LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-11F. - Test mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1983 January 26 - 23:00 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. Model: TT-500A. LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-12F. - Microgravity mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
1983 August 18 - 23:00 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: T. Launch Vehicle: TT-500. Model: TT-500A. LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-13F. - Microgravity mission Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1904.
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.
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