ISAS Lambda 4S Ohsumi 2

Name: ISAS Lambda 4S Ohsumi 2
Start: 1966-12-20T02:20:00.000Z
Location: KS Center

Lambda 4S

Status

Failure

Date

20 DEC 1966

02:20

Launch Provider

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Launch Pad

KS Center

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

Ohsumi was a series of five small satellites built to become the first Japanese satellite on orbit.

Rocket

Lambda 4S

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Lambda was an experimental Japanese expendable carrier rocket

Height

16.5 m

Diameter

0.74 m

Launch Mass

9 T