Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · S-Series · RETIRED
SS-520-4 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It stands 9.7 m tall, lifts 4 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 14 January 2017. It has flown 1 times with 0 successes, a success rate of 0.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
OPS-12/SPEC
ON FILE
Height9.7 m
Diameter0.5 m
Payload to LEO4 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight14 January 2017
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
OPS-12/STAT
ON RECORD
Total flights1
Successful0
Failed1
Success rate0.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant4
About SS-520
The fourth configuration of SS-520. It would have been the smallest and lightest vehicle to put something into orbit, but it lost telemetry and was told to abort, falling into the ocean.
