Akita
Akita
Credit - © Mark Wade
Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: Japan. Country: Japan. Latitude: 39°34' N. Longitude: 140°04' E.

Sounding rocket launch site for Kappa series.

Akita Chronology and Launch Log
  • 1956 September 24 00:02 - K-I-S-1 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 1. Kappa 1 K-1-1 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1956 September 28 02:15 - K-I-S-2 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 1. Kappa 1 K-1-2 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1956 September 29 01:50 - K-I-S-3 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 1. Kappa 1 K-1-3 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1956 December 3 04:20 - K-I-T-1 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 1. Kappa 1 K-1-4 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1956 December 8 03:32 - K-I-T-2 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 1. Kappa 1 K-1-5 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1956 December 11 03:26 - K-I-T-3 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 1. Kappa 1 K-1-6 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1956 December 13 02:10 - K-I-T-4 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 1. Kappa 1 K-1-7 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1957 April 30 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 2. Kappa 2 K-2-1 Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

  • 1957 May 2 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 2. Kappa 3 K-3-1 Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

  • 1957 June 22 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 2. Kappa 3 K-3-2 Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

  • 1957 June 26 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 2. Kappa 3 K-3-3 Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

  • 1957 September 20 10:03 - Chemical release mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 4. Kappa 4 K-4-1 Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).

  • 1957 September 22 10:00 - Chemical release mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 4. Kappa 4 K-4-2 Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).

  • 1958 April 8 01:31 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: K150. K150 K150S-1 Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi).

  • 1958 April 20 00:00 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 4. Kappa 5 K-5-1 Apogee: 9.00 km (5.50 mi).

  • 1958 April 24 04:00 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: K150. K150 K150T-2 Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi).

  • 1958 April 24 00:30 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: K150. K150 K150T-1 Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi).

  • 1958 May 26 03:41 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 4. Kappa 5 K-5-L Apogee: 15 km (9 mi).

  • 1958 May 27 03:45 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: K150. K150 K150G Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1958 June 14 01:11 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: K245. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

  • 1958 June 16 02:36 - Test mission? Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-1 Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

  • 1958 June 20 06:15 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-2 Apogee: 45 km (27 mi).

  • 1958 June 24 01:51 - TW-1/S1 Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-1 Apogee: 25 km (15 mi).

  • 1958 June 30 07:42 - S2 Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-2 Apogee: 45 km (27 mi).

  • 1958 September 12 01:31 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-3 Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).

  • 1958 September 14 02:40 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-4 Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).

  • 1958 September 25 05:50 - Solar Ultraviolet mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-RS-1 Apogee: 51 km (31 mi).

  • 1958 September 25 02:55 - S3 Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-3 Apogee: 44 km (27 mi).

  • 1958 September 26 03:50 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-4 Apogee: 58 km (36 mi).

  • 1958 November 28 03:07 - Chemical release/Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Failure. Kappa 6 K-6-CP-1 Apogee: 36 km (22 mi).

  • 1958 November 29 03:05 - Solar Ultraviolet mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Failure. Kappa 6 K-6-RS-2 Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).

  • 1958 November 30 04:00 - Chemical release/Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-CP-2 Apogee: 49 km (30 mi).

  • 1958 December 23 03:03 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-5 Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).

  • 1959 March 17 01:35 - Solar Ultraviolet mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-RS-3 Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).

  • 1959 March 18 02:45 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-6 Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

  • 1959 March 19 01:15 - Solar Ultraviolet mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-RS-4 Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

  • 1959 March 20 02:50 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-7 Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

  • 1959 November 18 05:03 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 7. Kappa 7 K-7-1 Apogee: 53 km (32 mi).

  • 1960 March 28 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8D-1 Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

  • 1960 July 11 04:24 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-1 Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

  • 1960 July 17 04:11 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-2 Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).

  • 1960 September 17 02:47 - K-6-18 Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6 K-6-TW-8 Apogee: 46 km (28 mi).

  • 1960 September 22 06:32 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-3 Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1960 September 26 11:25 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-4 Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

  • 1960 September 29 02:46 - K-6H-1 Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 6. Kappa 6H K-6H-TW-9 Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).

  • 1960 Dec - K-9L 1/1.6 Model test flight Launch Vehicle: K150. K150 SP-150-1 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1960 Dec - K-9L 1/1.6 Model test flight Launch Vehicle: K150. K150 SP-150-2 Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

  • 1961 March 27 04:08 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-5 Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).

  • 1961 April 1 03:25 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 9. Kappa 9L K-9L-1 Apogee: 350 km (210 mi).

  • 1961 April 18 12:27 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-6 Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

  • 1961 July 21 02:42 - Aeronomy/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-7 TW-10/ID-6 Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

  • 1961 October 24 03:59 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-8 Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1961 October 30 11:13 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Kappa 8 K-8-9 Apogee: 175 km (108 mi).

  • 1961 December 26 05:05 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 9. Kappa 9L K-9L-2 Apogee: 343 km (213 mi).

  • 1962 May 24 10:50 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Kappa 8. Failure. Kappa 8 K-8-10

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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