Japanese sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Kappa 6 + 1 x Kappa 6 St2
Payload: 20 kg (44 lb) to a 70 km altitude. Failures: 2. First Fail Date: 1958-11-28. Last Fail Date: 1958-11-29.
Gross mass: 270 kg (590 lb).
Payload: 20 kg (44 lb).
Height: 5.61 m (18.40 ft).
Diameter: 0.25 m (0.82 ft).
Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).
First Launch: 1958.06.16.
Last Launch: 1960.09.17.
Number: 18 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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Kappa The Kappa series represented Japan's first large post-war indigenously-developed sounding rockets. They led eventually to the Lambda and Mu solid rocket satellite launchers. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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ISAS Japanese agency overseeing development of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Akita Sounding rocket launch site for Kappa series, known to have been used for 81 launches from 1956 to 1990. More...
Associated Stages
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Kappa 5-1 Solid rocket stage. 34.00 kN (7,644 lbf) thrust. Mass 200 kg (441 lb). More...
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Kappa 6H-2 Solid rocket stage. 19.00 kN (4,271 lbf) thrust. Mass 100 kg (220 lb). More...
Kappa 6 Chronology
1958 June 16 - .
02:36 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).
1958 June 20 - .
06:15 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 45 km (27 mi).
1958 June 24 - .
01:51 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-1.
- TW-1 / S1 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 25 km (15 mi).
1958 June 30 - .
07:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-2.
- S2 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 45 km (27 mi).
1958 September 12 - .
01:31 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-3.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1958 September 14 - .
02:40 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).
1958 September 25 - .
02:55 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-3.
- S3 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 44 km (27 mi).
1958 September 25 - .
05:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-RS-1.
- Solar ultraviolet mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 51 km (31 mi).
1958 September 26 - .
03:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-4.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi).
1958 November 28 - .
03:07 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-CP-1.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Chemical release / aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 36 km (22 mi).
1958 November 29 - .
03:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-RS-2.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Solar ultraviolet mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).
1958 November 30 - .
04:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-CP-2.
- Chemical release / aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 49 km (30 mi).
1958 December 23 - .
03:03 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-5.
- Grenade Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).
1959 March 17 - .
01:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-RS-3.
- Solar ultraviolet mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).
1959 March 18 - .
02:45 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-6.
- Grenade Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
1959 March 19 - .
01:15 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-RS-4.
- Solar ultraviolet mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
1959 March 20 - .
02:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-7.
- Grenade Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
1960 September 17 - .
02:47 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 6.
LV Configuration: Kappa 6 K-6-TW-8.
- K-6-18 Grenade Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 46 km (28 mi).
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