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SS-520-4

S-Series familyJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyRetired

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.

Specifications

Height
9.7 m
Diameter
0.5 m
Launch mass
3 t
Stages
3
LEO capacity
4 kg

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

1flightwith a definitive outcome
0%success rate0 of 1
0success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

1 of 1