Ohsumi 5

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit KS Center Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

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

Lambda 4S

Family:
Configuration: 4S

The Lambda was an experimental Japanese expendable carrier rocket

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    16.5 m
  • Diameter
    0.74 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    0.74 m
  • Launch Mass
    9.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Lambda 4S
  • Family
  • Variant
    4S
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Lambda 4S
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    26.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

(ISAS)

Successes: 24 Failures: 8 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

ISAS is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development.

INFO WIKI

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

KS Center


Electron
Success
1 day, 5 hours ago
JUSTIN
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3 days, 2 hours ago
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3 days, 3 hours ago
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4 days, 17 hours ago
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5 days, 10 hours ago
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1 week ago
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