L-4S

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L-4S

Lamda-4S - Lamda-4S - COSPAR 1970-011

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Family: H. Country: Japan. Status: Hardware.

First Japanese orbital launch vehicle.

Specifications

Launches: 5. Failures: 4. Success Rate: 20.00% pct. First Launch Date: 26 September 1966. Last Launch Date: 11 February 1970. LEO Payload: 26 kg.

L-4S Chronology

1966 Sep 26 - - 02:58 GMT. LV Configuration: Lambda 4S s/n L-4S-1. Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Complex: L. FAILURE: Fourth stage attitude control failed.

Ohsumi 1 Spacecraft: Ohsumi. Payload: L-4S-1. Mass: 26 kg.

1966 Dec 20 - - 02:20 GMT. LV Configuration: Lambda 4S s/n L-4S-2. Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Complex: L. FAILURE: Fourth stage failed to ignite.

Ohsumi 2 Spacecraft: Ohsumi. Payload: L-4S-2. Mass: 26 kg.

1967 Apr 13 - LV Configuration: Lambda 4S s/n L-4S-3. Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Complex: L. FAILURE: Fourth stage failed to ignite.

Ohsumi 3 Spacecraft: Ohsumi. Payload: L-4S-3. Mass: 26 kg.

1969 Sep 22 - - 02:10 GMT. LV Configuration: Lambda 4S s/n L-4S-4. Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Complex: L. FAILURE: Fourth stage control system malfunction after third stage collided with fourth stage.

Ohsumi 4 Spacecraft: Ohsumi. Payload: L-4S-4. Mass: 25 kg.

1970 Feb 11 - - 04:25 GMT. LV Configuration: Lambda 4S s/n L-4S-5. Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Complex: L.

Ohsumi 5 Spacecraft: Osumi. Payload: L-4S-5. Mass: 12 kg.
Engineering tests. Engineering test for the launching of scientific satellites. Injection point 29.7 N, 145.8 E

Bibliography:

34 - Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets, Macmillan, New York, 1975.

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Lambda-4S

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