Japanese sounding rocket.
Status: Retired 1983.
Gross mass: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb).
Height: 10.50 m (34.40 ft).
Diameter: 0.50 m (1.64 ft).
Apogee: 290 km (180 mi).
First Launch: 1980.09.13.
Last Launch: 1983.08.18.
Number: 6 .
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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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NASDA Japanese agency overseeing development of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. National Space Development Agency, 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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TT-500-1 Solid rocket stage. 116.00 kN (26,078 lbf) thrust. Mass 1,300 kg (2,866 lb). More...
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TT-500-2 Solid rocket stage. 61.00 kN (13,713 lbf) thrust. Mass 700 kg (1,543 lb). More...
TT-500A Chronology
1980 September 13 - .
22:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
TT-500A.
LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-8F.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
1981 January 14 - .
22:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
TT-500A.
LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-9F.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
1981 August 1 - .
22:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
TT-500A.
LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-10F.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
1982 August 15 - .
23:15 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
TT-500A.
LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-11F.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
1983 January 26 - .
23:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
TT-500A.
LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-12F.
- Microgravity mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
1983 August 18 - .
23:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima T.
LV Family:
S.
Launch Vehicle:
TT-500A.
LV Configuration: TT-500A TT-500A-13F.
- Microgravity mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
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