SS-520
Launch vehicle · Japan
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Japanese test vehicle. The SS-520 was a two-stage rocket, the first stage consisting of the main booster of the S-520. It had a capability of launching a 140 kg payload to an altitude of about 1,000 km, and with addition of a third stage, as a satellite launch vehicle.
The SS-520 was a two-stage rocket, the first stage consisting of the main booster of the S-520. It had a capability of launching a 140 kg payload to an altitude of about 1,000 km.
Related
- Family
- test vehicle
- Country
- Japan
- Launch Vehicles
- S-520
- Launch Sites
- Kagoshima, Kagoshima L, SvalRak
- Stages
- SS-520 engine
- Agency
- Nissan
Chronology
4 events
1998 February 5
08:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima L. Launch Pad: K. LV Family: S-520. Launch Vehicle: SS-520.2000 December 4
09:16 GMT - . Launch Site: SvalRak. LV Family: S-520. Launch Vehicle: SS-520.2017 January 14
23:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima K. LV Family: S-520. Launch Vehicle: SS-520.- TRICOM-1 - .
Nation: Japan.
Class: Technology.
Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat.
COSPAR: 2017-0F01. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). Perigee: -6,340 km (-6,340 mi). Inclination: 30.00 deg.
See TRICOM 1. Japan attempted to launch a single cubesat into orbit with a launch vehicle massing less than 3 tonnes. The SS-520 sounding rocket was furnished with a 78 kg third stage which was intended to orbit a 3U, 3 kg cubesat, TRICOM-1. The mission was flight SS-520-4 (SS-520-1 and 2 were normal sounding rocket flights; 3 has not yet flown.) However, telemetry was lost 20 seconds into flight, during first stage burn. Following range safety rules, the command to ignite stage 2 was not sent and the vehicle flew a suborbital path to about 200 km altitude and then splashed down in the ocean. The record smallest successful orbital launch vehicle remains the 9.4-tonne Lambda 4S, also Japanese, which was retired in 1979.
2018 February 3
05:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: Kagoshima K. LV Family: S-520. Launch Vehicle: SS-520.- Tasuki - . Payload: TRICOM-1R; TRICOM-1R (TASUKI). Nation: Japan. USAF Sat Cat: 43201 . COSPAR: 2018-016A. Apogee: 256 km (159 mi). Perigee: 143 km (88 mi). Inclination: 30.94 deg. Period: 88.48 min. See TRICOM 1R (Tasuki). ..