NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Ōsumi

Launch Time
Tue Dec 20, 1966 02:20 UTC

The launch was a failure, the fourth stage failed to ignite.

Rocket

Lambda-IV S
UT
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 12 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 16.5 m

Mission Details

Ōsumi

Osumi, or Ōsumi, is a simple technological demonstrator with a radio transmitter, a thermometer and an accelerometer.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 12.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Lambda Pad, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Stats

1966

127th orbital launch attempt

University of Tokyo

2nd mission
3rd mission of 1966
2nd failed mission

Lambda 4S

2nd mission
2nd mission of 1966
2nd failed mission