S-Series

The SS-520 is a Japanese sounding rocket that JAXA fits with a small third stage to make one of the smallest orbital launchers ever built. After a failure in 2017 it places the TRICOM-1R cubesat in orbit in February 2018.

Launches

2

Success rate

50%

1 failure

First flight

2017

SS-520-4

Last flight

2018

SS-520-5

Rocket types

2