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SS-520

RETIRED

Designated SS-520-4

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SS-520 launch vehicle, operated by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Built & Operated By

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Government · founded 2003

Family

S-Series

variant 4

Maiden Flight

14 JAN 2017

About

The fourth configuration of SS-520. It would have been the smallest and lightest vehicle to put something into orbit, but it lost telemetry and was told to abort, falling into the ocean.

Vehicle Specifications

Height

9.7 m

Diameter

0.5 m

Launch Mass

3 T

Stages

3

Configuration

Expendable

Launch Record

Total Launches

1

Successful

0

Failed

1

Performance

To LEO

4 kg

Apogee

1,000 km

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