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Kappa 8
Part of Kappa
Japanese sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x K420 + 1 x Kappa 8
Status: Retired 1970. First Launch: 1960-03-28. Last Launch: 1970-09-02. Number: 20 . Payload: 50 kg (110 lb). Gross mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Height: 10.90 m (35.70 ft). Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft). Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).
Payload: 50 kg (110 lb) to a 160 km altitude.
Country:
Japan.
Launch Sites:
Akita,
Kagoshima,
Pameungpeuk.
Stages:
Kappa 9L-1,
K250-8.
Agency:
ISAS.
1960 March 28 - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 July 11 - .
04:24 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1960 July 17 - .
04:11 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).
1960 September 22 - .
06:32 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1960 September 26 - .
11:25 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).
1961 March 27 - .
04:08 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).
1961 April 18 - .
12:27 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1961 July 21 - .
02:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).
1961 October 24 - .
03:59 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1961 October 30 - .
11:13 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 175 km (108 mi).
1962 May 24 - .
10:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Akita.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1962 December 18 - .
05:03 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Cosmic rays mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 202 km (125 mi).
1965 July 16 - .
10:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).
1965 August 7 - .
Launch Site:
Pameungpeuk.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1965 August 11 - .
01:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Pameungpeuk.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- SK-8-4 Aeronomy / ionosphere / Fields mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 191 km (118 mi).
1965 August 17 - .
00:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Pameungpeuk.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- SK-8-3 (Grenades) Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1966 April 20 - .
12:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Aeronomy / plasma / fields mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).
1966 October 20 - .
02:20 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere / fields / solar ultraviolet mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 191 km (118 mi).
1969 January 9 - .
07:40 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- E field antenna Ionosphere / fields mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).
1970 September 2 - .
10:14 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
LV Family:
Kappa.
Launch Vehicle:
Kappa 8.
- Ionosphere / release mission - .
Nation: Japan.
Agency: ISAS.
Apogee: 174 km (108 mi).
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