SS-520-4 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
The SS-520-4 is a non-reusable, inactive launch vehicle manufactured by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (established in 2003). It undertook its inaugural launch on 01/14/2017.
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.
SS-520-4 Specifications
| Variant | 4 |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.7 m |
| Diameter | 0.5 m |
| Stages | 3 |
| Launch Mass | 3 T |
| Apogee | 1000 km |
| LEO Capacity | 4 kg |
SS-520-4 Launch Record
| Total Launches | 1 |
|---|---|
| Failed Launches | 1 |
Manufacturer
Administrator: Hiroshi Yamakawa
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.