Kappa (rocket)

Kappa missiles

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
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