NASDA N-I Kiku-4

Name: NASDA N-I Kiku-4
Start: 1982-09-03T05:00:00.000Z
Location: Osaki Launch Complex

N-I rocket used for the Kiku-4 space launch

N-I

Status

Success

Date

3 SEP 1982

05:00

Launch Provider

National Space Development Agency of Japan

Launch Pad

Osaki Launch Complex

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

Japanese satellite designed to test a number of spacecraft technologies

Rocket

N-I

Mission Type

Technology

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The N-I or N-1 was a derivative of the American Thor-Delta rocket, produced under licence in Japan. It used a Thor-ELT first stage, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-designed LE-3 engine was used as a second stage, and three Castor SRMs. Seven were launched between 1975 and 1982, before it was replaced by the N-II.

Height

34 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

131 T