Kappa (rocket)
Kappa is the name of a series of Japanese sounding rockets that were built from 1956.
Most of the launches were from the Akita Rocket Testing Center and from 1962 from the Uchinoura Space Center . In June 1961 a Kappa 4 was launched by Obachi . In August 1965 there were three launches from the Lapan Space Center in Indonesia .
Technical specifications
Type | stages | Payload (kg) | Summit height (km) | Starting thrust (kN) | Diameter (m) | Length (m) | Mass (kg) | Working time | Number of starts |
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Kappa 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0.13 | 2.70 | 1956 | 7th | ||
Kappa 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 0.22 | 5.00 | 300 | 1957 | 1 | |
Kappa 3 | 2 | 30th | 0.22 | 5.00 | May – July 1957 | 3 | |||
Kappa 4 | 2 | 105 | 105 | 0.33 | 5.90 | 1957-1961 | 3 | ||
Kappa 5 | 2 | 15th | 0.33 | 5.90 | April / May 1958 | 2 | |||
Kappa 6 | 2 | 20th | 70 | 19th | 0.25 | 5.61 | 270 | 1958-1960 | 18 (2 false starts) |
Kappa 7 | 1 | 53 | 110 | 0.42 | 8.70 | 1959 | 1 | ||
Kappa 8 | 2 | 50 | 160 | 0.42 | 10.90 | 1500 | 1960-1970 | 20th | |
Kappa 8L | 2 | 25th | 173 | 0.25 | 7.30 | 350 | 1962-1966 | 12 | |
Kappa 9L | 3 | 15th | 350 | 0.42 | 12.50 | 1550 | April / December 1962 | 2 | |
Kappa 9M | 2 | 50 | 350 | 0.42 | 11.10 | 1500 | 1962-1988 | 80 | |
Kappa 10 | 2-3 | 350 | 0.42 | 9.80 | 1800 | 1965-1980 | 15th | ||
Kappa 10C | 2 | 300 | 0.42 | 10.00 | 1969-1970 | 3 | |||
Kappa 10S | 3 | 742 | 0.42 | 10.00 | 1965-1965 | 1 |
Web links
- Kappa in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)