Kappa (rocket) explained

Kappa was a family of solid-fuel Japanese sounding rockets, which were built starting from 1956.^[1]

Rockets

Kappa 1

• Ceiling: 40 km
• Takeoff thrust: 10.00 kN
• Diameter: 0.13 m
• Length: 2.70 m

Kappa 2

• Ceiling: 40 km
• Mass: 300 kg
• Diameter: 0.22 m
• Length: 5 m

Kappa 6 (in two stages)

• Pay load: 20 kg
• Ceiling: 60 km
• Takeoff weight: 270 kg
• Diameter: 0.25 m
• Length: 5.61 m

Kappa 7

• Ceiling: 50 km
• Diameter: 0.42 m
• Length: 8.70 m

Kappa 8 (in two stages)

• Pay load: 50 kg
• Ceiling: 160 km
• Takeoff weight: 1500 kg
• Diameter: 0.42 m
• Length: 10.90 m

Kappa 4

• Ceiling: 80 km
• Takeoff thrust: 105.00 kN
• Diameter: 0.33 m
• Length: 5.90 m

Kappa 9L

• Pay load: 15 kg
• Ceiling: 350 km
• Takeoff weight: 1550 kg
• Diameter: 0.42 m
• Length: 12.50 m

Kappa 9M

• Pay load: 50 kg
• Ceiling: 350 km
• Mass: 1500 kg
• Diameter: 0.42 m
• Length: 11.10 m

Kappa 8L

• Pay load: 25 kg
• Ceiling: 200 km
• Takeoff weight: 350 kg
• Diameter: 0.25 m
• Length: 7.30 m

Kappa 10

• Ceiling: 742 km

See also

• R-25 Vulkan

External links

• Kappa-Rocket

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISAS Under the Limelight ---- The Kappa Era / History of Japanese Space Research . 2024-10-11 . www.isas.jaxa.jp.