Japan's new launcher
Abstract
The description includes specifications of the size, first stage, strap-on booster, second stage, third stage, fairing, and payload. The N-2 is capable of launching up to 350 kg into geostationary orbit; the N-1 has a capability of 130 kg. Diagrams of the N-1, N-11, and ETV-11 launchers are included.
- Publication:
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Spaceflight
- Pub Date:
- October 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981SpFl...23..244K
- Keywords:
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- Japanese Space Program;
- Launch Vehicles;
- Solid Propellant Rocket Engines;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Booster Rocket Engines;
- Delta Launch Vehicle;
- Spacecraft Control;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles