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Japanese launch center for solid fueled sounding rockets and satellite launchers. Limited to two months a year due to disturbance of local fisheries. The space center was established in Uchinoura (now Kimotsuki), Kagoshima prefecture, in 1962 as part of the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, when the original facility in Iwaki (now Yuri-Honjo), Akita prefecture, was closed down. In 1964, the space center became part of the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo; in 1981 it became an independent research facility, the Kagoshima Space Center (KSC), attached to the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). Its name was changed to the Uchinoura Space Center (USC) when the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was formed. The center launches sounding rockets and scientific satellites and also manages tracking and data. More than 360 rockets and 23 satellites and probes were launched from the Kagoshima Space Center between 1970 and 2003. Aside from satellite and planetary probe launches are for scientific purposes, sounding rockets, such as the S-310 and the S-510, have been launched to conduct research on the middle atmosphere and on space plasma. 20-meter and 30-meter antennas receive telemetry from satellites to track and control them while in the earth’s orbit. The 34-meter antenna can backup the 64-meter deep-space antenna at the Usuda Deep Space Center. Kagoshima is known to have been used for at least 361 launches from 1962 to 2007. Launch Pads
General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1962 November 25 - 02:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-1 FAILURE: Failure. Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). 1962 December 18 - 05:03 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8 K-8-11 Cosmic rays mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 202 km (125 mi). 1963 May 20 - 02:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-2 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 345 km (214 mi). 1963 December 12 - 08:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-2 Aeronomy / Fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 103 km (64 mi). 1964 March 29 - 02:12 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135PT-1 Propellant test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 51 km (31 mi). 1964 April 1 - 03:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-3 Aeronomy / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1964 July 24 - 02:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-001 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 49 km (30 mi). 1964 July 26 - 09:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-4 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi). 1964 July 26 - 10:51 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-5 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1964 July 28 - 02:08 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 PT-160-1 Propellant test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 44 km (27 mi). 1964 July 29 - 10:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-5 Chemical release mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 1964 November 2 - 09:03 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-7 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 156 km (96 mi). 1964 November 5 - 03:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-4 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 356 km (221 mi). 1964 November 10 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-8 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi). 1964 November 12 - 03:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-6 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1964 November 14 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-002 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 1964 November 15 - 07:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-003 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 1965 January 22 - 05:14 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-3 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 350 km (210 mi). 1965 February 6 - 05:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-7 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 325 km (201 mi). 1965 February 6 - 10:02 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-6 Solar radio frequencies mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 335 km (208 mi). 1965 March 9 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-004 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 53 km (32 mi). 1965 March 11 - 02:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-005 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). 1965 March 11 - 07:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-006 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). 1965 March 25 - 11:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-8 Airglow Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 320 km (190 mi). 1965 March 27 - 05:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-9 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 335 km (208 mi). 1965 March 28 - 07:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-10 Ionosphere / plasma mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 349 km (216 mi). 1965 July 8 - 02:26 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-007 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 50 km (31 mi). 1965 July 8 - 11:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-008 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 50 km (31 mi). 1965 July 12 - 02:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-009 FAILURE: Failure. Aeronomy mission Apogee: 50 km (31 mi). 1965 July 16 - 10:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8 K-8-12 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). 1965 July 21 - 02:23 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 ST-160-1 Spin test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 9.00 km (5.50 mi). 1965 July 21 - 05:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 ST-160-2 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 14 km (8 mi). 1965 July 26 - 12:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-12 Optical astronomy / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 350 km (210 mi). 1965 July 27 - 03:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-13 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). 1965 August 25 - 00:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 BT-160-1 Booster test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). 1965 August 25 - 02:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 BT-160-2 Booster test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 9.00 km (5.50 mi). 1965 August 28 - 02:02 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10S K-10S-1 Electron temp Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 742 km (461 mi). 1965 September 29 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-010 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 48 km (29 mi). 1965 September 29 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-011 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 51 km (31 mi). 1965 October 4 - 03:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-14 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 299 km (185 mi). 1965 October 6 - 04:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-9 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 141 km (87 mi). 1965 November 1 - 02:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 PT-160-2 Propellant test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 93 km (57 mi). 1965 November 4 - 07:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 DS-160-1 Despin test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 35 km (21 mi). 1965 November 8 - 05:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-1 Test / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi). 1965 December 13 - 06:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-16 Ozone profile Ionosphere / aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 318 km (197 mi). 1965 December 18 - 06:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-17 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 316 km (196 mi). 1966 January 18 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-012 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 54 km (33 mi). 1966 January 19 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-013 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 59 km (36 mi). 1966 January 19 - 10:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-014 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 49 km (30 mi). 1966 January 26 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. S-250 BT-250-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi). 1966 March 20 - 12:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-15 XRA? / Airglow X-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 1966 April 20 - 12:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8 K-8-13 Aeronomy / plasma / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi). 1966 April 25 - 04:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 IT-160-1 Instrument test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 68 km (42 mi). 1966 April 28 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. BT-310 BT-310-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1966 April 29 - 00:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. BT-310 BT-310-2 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1966 April 30 - 02:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-015 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 53 km (32 mi). 1966 April 30 - 10:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-016 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 54 km (33 mi). 1966 May 2 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-017 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 1966 July 17 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-18 Ionosphere / solar / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 326 km (202 mi). 1966 August 3 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-11 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 328 km (203 mi). 1966 August 6 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. BT-310 MM-310-1 Mu Scale Model test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). 1966 August 6 - 06:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210 PT-210-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1966 August 10 - 12:37 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-19 VLF Doppler Ionosphere / aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi). 1966 August 11 - 05:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135 IT-135-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 45 km (27 mi). 1966 August 11 - 12:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-10 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). 1966 August 18 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-018 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 52 km (32 mi). 1966 September 21 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135 DT-135-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). 1966 October 13 - 02:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-019 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 44 km (27 mi). 1966 October 13 - 04:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135A-020 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 65 km (40 mi). 1966 October 18 - 09:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-11 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 1966 October 20 - 02:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8 K-8-14 Ionosphere / fields / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 191 km (118 mi). 1966 October 20 - 08:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-20 Gyro-plasma probe Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). 1966 November 4 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. LV Model: S-300 ISAS . S-300 PT-300-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). 1966 December 5 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-21 Gyro-plasma probe Aeronomy / ionosphere / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 326 km (202 mi). 1966 December 10 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8L K-8L-12 Aeronomy / ionosphere / solar mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 147 km (91 mi). 1966 December 10 - 11:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-2 Aeronomy / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 253 km (157 mi). 1967 January 19 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-021 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). 1967 January 22 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-022 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 63 km (39 mi). 1967 January 22 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-023 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 62 km (38 mi). 1967 January 22 - 08:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-024 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 59 km (36 mi). 1967 January 24 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-025 Aeronomy mission Apogee: 59 km (36 mi). 1967 January 24 - 08:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 MT-160-001 Meteorological Test Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 86 km (53 mi). 1967 January 27 - 02:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 IT-160-2 Instrument test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 86 km (53 mi). 1967 January 31 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-22 Ionosphere / solar radio frequencies mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 327 km (203 mi). 1967 March 7 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-3 Far ultraviolet Stellar photometer Ultraviolet astronomy / solar x-ray mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 248 km (154 mi). 1967 March 11 - 06:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210 PT-210-2 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1968 September 10 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 ST-160-F-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1968 September 10 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 ST-160-F-2 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1968 September 12 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 SO-160-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1968 September 14 - 01:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160-1 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi). 1968 September 14 - 04:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160-2 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi). 1968 September 15 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-036 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 1968 September 15 - 05:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-037 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). 1969 January 4 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-038 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1969 January 4 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-039 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 59 km (36 mi). 1969 January 5 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-40 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 59 km (36 mi). 1969 January 5 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135P-1 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 44 km (27 mi). 1969 January 8 - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. S-250 SO-250-B Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1969 January 8 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-25 Gyro-plasma probe Ionosphere / chemical release / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 343 km (213 mi). 1969 January 9 - Launch Vehicle: S. LV Model: S-300 ISAS . S-300-1 FAILURE: Failure. Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). 1969 January 9 - 07:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8 K-8-15 E field antenna Ionosphere / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). 1969 January 12 - 05:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10C K-10C-1 Stability test Aeronomy / solar ultraviolet / test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 229 km (142 mi). 1969 January 14 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-4 Langmuir probe Infrared / x-ray astronomy / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 229 km (142 mi). 1969 January 19 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-24 Gryo-plasma probe Aeronomy / ionosphere / fields / mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi). 1969 February 13 - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 PT-420-001 TVC test (1-stage) test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1969 February 13 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-23 Fields/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 310 km (190 mi). 1969 August 7 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-1 Plasma / fields / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). 1969 August 7 - 12:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-27 X-ray sources Ionosphere / plasma / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi). 1969 August 8 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-2 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 108 km (67 mi). 1969 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: S. LV Model: S-300 ISAS . S-300-2 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). 1969 August 24 - 08:04 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-26 Radio noise Ionosphere / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 341 km (211 mi). 1969 August 25 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 IT-160-3 Instrumentation Test Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi). 1969 September 6 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-041 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 59 km (36 mi). 1969 September 6 - 11:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-5 Zodiacal light Ionosphere / astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 247 km (153 mi). 1969 September 7 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135P MT-135-P -002 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 53 km (32 mi). 1969 September 7 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-042 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1969 September 8 - 10:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. LV Model: S-300 ISAS . S-300-3 FAILURE: Failure. Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1969 September 26 - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10C K-10C-2 FAILURE: Failure. TVC test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 1969 September 27 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135P MT-135-P -003 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 52 km (32 mi). 1969 September 27 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-043 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 49 km (30 mi). 1970 January 17 - 01:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-3 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 119 km (73 mi). 1970 January 22 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135P MT-135-P -004 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 53 km (32 mi). 1970 January 23 - 02:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135P MT-135-P -005 Aeronomy mission Agency: JMA. Apogee: 53 km (32 mi). 1970 January 23 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160 MT-160-2 Meteorological Test Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi). 1970 January 25 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-28 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 369 km (229 mi). 1970 January 27 - 10:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-29 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 357 km (221 mi). 1970 September 2 - 10:14 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 8 K-8-16 Ionosphere / release mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi). 1970 September 13 - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10C K-10C-3 TVC test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 1970 September 27 - 06:42 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-32 B field Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 346 km (214 mi). 1970 September 28 - 01:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-5 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 108 km (67 mi). 1971 January 16 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-4 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 115 km (71 mi). 1971 January 16 - 07:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-30 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 357 km (221 mi). 1971 January 23 - 13:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-35 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 338 km (210 mi). 1971 January 24 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-34 Sco X-1 X-ray astronomy / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 328 km (203 mi). 1971 August 18 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-31 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi). 1971 August 20 - 12:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-7 Optical astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 274 km (170 mi). 1971 August 25 - 05:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-36 FAILURE: Failure. Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). 1971 August 26 - 10:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-33 Cs / Ba Release Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi). 1971 September 1 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-6 Solar ultraviolet Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi). 1971 September 29 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160-3 Parachute test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1972 January 21 - 02:24 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-6 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1972 January 23 - 11:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-37 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi). 1972 January 29 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210 DT-210-1 Structural Dynamics test Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1972 February 17 - 08:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-7 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 118 km (73 mi). 1972 February 18 - 09:28 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-39 Cesium Release Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 310 km (190 mi). 1972 February 21 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-160-4 Fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 81 km (50 mi). 1972 February 22 - 06:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-38 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 352 km (218 mi). 1972 September 12 - 11:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-8 Fiberglass Casing Infrared astronomy / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 259 km (160 mi). 1972 September 20 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-40 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 326 km (202 mi). 1973 January 15 - 23:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-8 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 122 km (75 mi). 1973 January 19 - 09:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-41 VLF Ionosphere / active plasma mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi). 1973 February 19 - 00:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-9 Aeronomy / ionosphere / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 236 km (146 mi). 1973 February 23 - 09:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-42 Cesium Release Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 306 km (190 mi). 1973 August 19 - 09:55 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-9 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 115 km (71 mi). 1973 August 21 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-43 Plasma / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 355 km (220 mi). 1973 August 27 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-44 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 341 km (211 mi). 1973 September 22 - 09:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-10 X-ray astronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 242 km (150 mi). 1974 January 16 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-45 Ionosphere-solar mission Ionosphere-solar mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 360 km (220 mi). 1974 August 20 - 09:55 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-10 NNP / NEL / TEL Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1974 September 16 - 15:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-46 Plasma gun M / D Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 336 km (208 mi). 1974 September 19 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-47 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 328 km (203 mi). 1974 September 20 - 11:32 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-48 Precipitate Electrons Ionosphere / x-ray / ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). 1975 January 1 - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-1 Test mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1975 January 17 - 09:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-49 Airglow Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 363 km (225 mi). 1975 January 23 - 11:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-50 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). 1975 August 26 - 10:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-53 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 351 km (218 mi). 1975 August 30 - 04:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-2 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 191 km (118 mi). 1975 September 2 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-51 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 311 km (193 mi). 1975 September 23 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-52 Soft X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 336 km (208 mi). 1975 September 24 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-11 X-ray astronomy / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 196 km (121 mi). 1976 January 16 - 21:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-54 Magnetospheric mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 367 km (228 mi). 1976 January 18 - 05:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-12 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 350 km (210 mi). 1976 August 17 - 10:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-11 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1976 August 21 - 12:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-3 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 195 km (121 mi). 1976 August 30 - 19:55 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-57 Ionosphere / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 288 km (178 mi). 1976 September 16 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-55 Ionosphere / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 359 km (223 mi). 1976 September 18 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-56 Ionosphere / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 1977 January 16 - 12:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-58 Near infrared Galactic Plane Infrared astronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 324 km (201 mi). 1977 September 3 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-59 Aeronomy / ionosphere / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 376 km (233 mi). 1977 September 14 - 12:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-13 Ultraviolet astronomy / extreme ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi). 1977 September 15 - 09:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-12 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). 1977 September 21 - 08:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-4 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). 1978 January 22 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-62 Ionosphere / fields / solar mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 369 km (229 mi). 1978 January 27 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-61 Aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 292 km (181 mi). 1978 February 26 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-60 Ultraviolet astronomy / extreme ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi). 1978 August 20 - 11:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-64 Near infrared Galactic Plane Test / infrared astronomy / ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 319 km (198 mi). 1979 January 16 - 20:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-65 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). 1979 January 19 - 08:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-6 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 212 km (131 mi). 1979 January 21 - 09:06 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-66 Test / aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 336 km (208 mi). 1979 January 31 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-5 Ionosphere / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi). 1979 August 18 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-67 TED / TPI / NEL / PWN Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 365 km (226 mi). 1979 September 11 - 01:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-68 SUV / AUV / NEL / EPA Ionosphere / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). 1979 September 15 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-7 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 166 km (103 mi). 1980 January 16 - 03:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-69 TPE-1 Ionosphere / tether mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 328 km (203 mi). 1980 February 2 - 08:47 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-8 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi). 1980 August 26 - 11:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 10 K-10-14 GIR / GXV / STS X-ray astronomy / infrared astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 219 km (136 mi). 1980 September 2 - 10:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-70 Test / aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi). 1980 September 4 - 12:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-71 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 308 km (191 mi). 1981 January 21 - 21:46 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-9 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi). 1981 August 24 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-10 Test / aurora / aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi). 1981 September 7 - 09:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-11 Submillimeter atmospheric spectra Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). 1982 January 15 - 09:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-73 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 303 km (188 mi). 1982 February 13 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-72 Test / ionosphere / plasma / fields mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 328 km (203 mi). 1982 February 18 - 12:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-74 Ultraviolet / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 315 km (195 mi). 1982 September 12 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-210-13 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 97 km (60 mi). 1982 September 13 - 12:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-75 Near infrared Background Infrared astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 320 km (190 mi). 1982 September 25 - 09:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-12 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1983 January 14 - 20:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-76 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 349 km (216 mi). 1983 September 12 - 22:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-13 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 227 km (141 mi). 1983 September 16 - 18:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. S-310-14 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 218 km (135 mi). 1984 January 13 - 19:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-77 CIR Infrared astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). 1985 September 11 - 02:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-44 SONDE Meteorological mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 63 km (39 mi). 1985 September 14 - 14:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-78 CBR Submillimeter radio astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 297 km (184 mi). 1986 January 31 - 08:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-79 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 319 km (198 mi). 1986 August 20 - 02:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-45 SONDE Meteorological mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). 1986 August 20 - 04:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-46 SONDE Meteorological mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). 1987 February 22 - 15:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-80 CBR Submillimeter radio astronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). 1987 September 9 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-47 SONDE Meteorological mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). 1987 September 9 - 04:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-48 SONDE Meteorological mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). 1988 January 25 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Kappa 9M K-9M-81 COREX Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 359 km (223 mi). 1988 September 11 - 02:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-49 NNP Meteorological mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). 1989 September 6 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-50 NNP-O3 Meteorological mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 54 km (33 mi). 1990 January 17 - 13:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki Datasonde SL-2 DYANA DUD1 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1990 January 20 - 12:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki SL-3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 77 km (47 mi). 1990 January 29 - 12:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki Datasonde SL-4 DYANA DUD3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1990 January 31 - 12:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki Datasonde SL-5 DYANA DUD4 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1990 February 5 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki Datasonde SL-6 DYANA DUD5 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). 1990 February 15 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper 3A VP-3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1990 February 15 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper 3A VP-4 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1990 February 17 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper 3A Sphere VP-5 DYANA DUS8 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1990 February 21 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-51 DYANA parachute Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). 1990 February 24 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper 3A Sphere VP-7 DYANA DUS9 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1990 February 26 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper 3A Sphere VP-8 DYANA DUS10 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1990 August 27 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-52 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1991 February 9 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-53 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1991 February 11 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-54 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 62 km (38 mi). 1991 September 11 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-55 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). 1991 September 12 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-56 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1992 February 14 - 23:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. HIMES Rockoon RFT-2 HIMES RFT-2 Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 67 km (41 mi). 1992 September 9 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-57 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1993 September 23 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-58 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1993 September 24 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-59 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). 1994 September 6 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-60 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). 1994 September 7 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-61 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). 1994 September 15 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-62 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 1994 September 18 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-63 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 53 km (32 mi). 1996 February 8 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Wind Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi). 1996 September 15 - 02:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-64 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). 1997 January 13 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-65 NNP-O3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 1997 January 14 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Chaff Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1997 January 14 - 13:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Chaff Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1997 September 8 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-66 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi). 1997 September 9 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-67 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 52 km (32 mi). 1998 January 25 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. FAILURE: Failure. Chaff Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1998 January 25 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. FAILURE: Failure. Chaff Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1998 September 7 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-68 Ozone Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1998 September 9 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-69 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi). 1999 September 7 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-70 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 1999 September 11 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-71 Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 2000 September 18 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-72 Ozone Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). 2000 September 19 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135-73 Ozone Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 53 km (32 mi). 2001 March 21 - Launch Vehicle: MT-135. MT-135 R1119 Last flight Aeronomy mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). The Japan Meteorological Agency launched the 1119th MT-135P meteorological sounding rocket from the meteorological observation station in Sanriku-cho, Iwate-ken. This was the final launch of the type. The MT-135P had served for more than thirty years gathering meteorological data in the upper atmosphere since the first launching on July 15, 1970. IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. has been responsible for design, development and manufacture of the MT-135P. Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
