Kappa is a family of solid-fuel Japanese

sounding rocket A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The rockets are used to ...

s, 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

External links

Kappa-Rocket
Solid-fuel rockets Sounding rockets of Japan Japanese inventions {{Japan-spacecraft-stub