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Retired

SS-520

SS-520-4

🏭 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency🌐 Japanese📖 Wikipedia
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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.

0.0 t
LEO Capacity
9.7 m
Height
1
Total Launches
0.0%
Success Rate

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📊 Specifications

📏Height
9.7 m
⭕Diameter
0.5 m
⚖️Launch Mass
3 kg
🛰️LEO Capacity
4 kg
🌍GTO Capacity
—
🗓️Maiden Flight
Jan 14, 2017
🚀Total Launches
1
✅Success Rate
0%
♻️Reusable
Expendable
🏭Manufacturer
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
🌐Country
Japanese
📋Status
Retired