NAL-735
Launch vehicle · Japan
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Japanese test vehicle. Single stage vehicle.
Related
- Family
- test vehicle
- Country
- Japan
- Launch Sites
- Woomera, Woomera LA1
- Stages
- NAL-735 engine
- Agency
- ISAS
Chronology
2 events
2002 July 14
01:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA1. LV Family: SB-735. Launch Vehicle: NAL-735. FAILURE: Failure.- National Experimental Supersonic Transport NEXST-1 test - . Nation: Japan. Agency: NAL. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi). The intention was that an 11.5-m-long, one tenth scale model of the aircraft would be propelled by the NAL-735 solid rocket booster to Mach 2 at 18 km altitude. Instead the vehicle lost stability and crashed near the launch point..