SS-520-4 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
The SS-520-4, manufactured by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency established in 2003, undertook its inaugural launch on 01/14/2017, is non-reusable and is inactive.
SS-520-4 has 0 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 1 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
- Length: 9.7 m
- Diameter: 0.5 m
- Launch Mass: 3 T
- LEO Capacity: 4 kg
Manufacturer
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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.
