S-310
Launch vehicle · Japan
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Japanese ISAS sounding rocket. The S-310 was a mid-sized single-stage sounding rocket designed to reach an altitude of 200 km.
The S-310 went into a 2.8 deg/sec spin during ascent, induced by its canted tail fins. This eliminated the stability problem of the earlier S-300. The thrust programming was designed to peak half way through the burn, followed by a lower constant thrust burn through the maximum aerodynamic force portion of the ascent. This increased vehicle altitude, while relieving aerodynamic heating.
The chamber was made of chromium-molybdenum steel. The single CTPB composite propellant grain had two different wagon-wheel void configurations. The aft portion of the grain was consumed first, resulting in the dual-thrust profile. The tail fins were made of a solid titanium plate, with a composite ogive nose cone.
In the payload bay a yo-yo despin system, actuated 50 sec. after lift-off, reduced the spin to 1 deg/sec during the payload observation period.
The first flight of S-310 in January 1975 was successful, and it was later launched from both the Kagoshima Space Center at Uchinoura and Showa Station in Antarctica.
Subtopics
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- Country
- Japan
- Propellants
- Solid
- Launch Sites
- Kagoshima, Andoya, Kagoshima L, Syowa Base, Kagoshima K, Andoya U3
- Agency
- ISAS
Chronology
56 events
1966 April 28
02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. LV Family: S-310. Launch Vehicle: BT-310.1966 April 29
00:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. LV Family: S-310. Launch Vehicle: BT-310.1966 August 6
02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. LV Family: S-310. Launch Vehicle: BT-310.1975 January 1
Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1975 August 30
04:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1976 February 13
09:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1976 August 21
12:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1977 February 10
00:22 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1977 July 26
15:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1977 September 21
08:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1979 January 19
08:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1979 January 31
02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1979 September 15
11:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1980 February 2
08:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1981 January 21
21:46 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1981 August 24
12:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1981 September 7
09:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- Submillimeter atmospheric spectra Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).
1982 September 25
09:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1983 September 12
22:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1983 September 16
18:16 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1984 April 4
19:27 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1984 May 3
22:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1984 May 28
23:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1985 February 7
09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1985 May 29
00:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1985 July 12
19:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1986 February 1
12:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1986 September 6
13:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1988 January 28
02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1989 February 1
12:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1990 January 27
19:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1992 January 28
12:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1994 February 15
23:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1994 November 24
10:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1996 February 11
11:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1996 August 20
15:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1996 August 26
14:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1998 January 25
08:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.1999 February 2
01:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- SELENE RF / X-ray test Ionosphere / x-ray mission - . Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 184 km (114 mi).
2000 January 9
20:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2002 February 6
10:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2002 August 3
14:24 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2002 August 3
14:39 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2004 January 17
15:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2004 August 9
08:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2004 December 13
00:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Complex: Andoya U3. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2006 January 22
04:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2007 January 16
02:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2008 February 6
11:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2009 January 26
00:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- S-310-39 - . Nation: Sweden. Agency: JAXA. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi). Launch in the Japanese Delta-2 project. It investigated the upper atmospheric dynamics and energetics in the polar lower thermosphere by releasing trimethyl aluminum (TMA) along the trajectory and then observing the gas from three different locations..
2011 December 20
08:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.2012 August 7
07:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- S-310-41 - . Nation: Japan. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Reentry test mission..
2013 July 20
02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- S-310-42 - . Nation: Japan. Apogee: 139 km (86 mi). Atmospheric science mission..
2014 August 4
14:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- S-310-43 - . Nation: Japan. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi). Technology payload..
2014 August 4
14:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima K. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- Cryo tank flow test - . Nation: Japan. Agency: JAXA. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi). Engineering study of cryogenic fluid flow for future rocket stages..
2016 January 15
03:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.- S-310-44 - . Nation: Japan. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi). Ionosphere mission. Impacted in Pacific Ocean..
- S-310-44 - . Nation: Japan. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi). Ionosphere mission. Impacted in Pacific Ocean..