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Kappa-9L rocket

Kappa rockets

Kappa is a family of solid-fuel Japanese sounding rockets, which were built starting from 1956.

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

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