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S-520 Family
 S-520 [ISAS] |
 SS-520 [ISAS] |
 SS-520 (3 stage) (TRICOM 1) [ISAS] |
| Launch Vehicle | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-520 | S-520 | - | - |
| SS-520 | S-520 | ? | - |
| SS-520 (3 stage) (SSS-520) | S-520 | ? | ? |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS-520 (3 stage) (SSS-520) | ~4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nr TypeNr Vehicle Serial Date LS Suc Payload
1 1 S-520 S-520-1 18.01.1980 Ka LP-KS (ot) * Heat Pipe 2 2 S-520 S-520-2 29.01.1981 Ka LP-KS * TPE 2 3 3 S-520 S-520-4 05.09.1981 Ka LP-KS * Payload Recovery Test 4 4 S-520 S-520-3 14.02.1982 Ka LP-KS * 0.3 m telescope test 5 5 S-520 S-520-5 06.09.1982 Ka LP-KS * 0.1 m telescope 6 6 S-520 S-520-6 29.08.1983 Ka LP-KS * MINIX 7 7 S-520 S-520-7 11.02.1985 Ka LP-KS * ? 8 8 S-520 S-520-9 15.01.1987 Ka LP-KS * E-field 9 9 S-520 S-520-8 21.02.1987 Ka LP-KS (it) * GUV 10 10 S-520 S-520-10 04.09.1989 Ka LP-KS * CIR 11 11 S-520 S-520-11 21.02.1990 Ka LP-KS * CIR 12 12 S-520 S-520-12 26.02.1990 And * ? 13 13 S-520 S-520-14 12.02.1991 And * ? 14 14 S-520 S-520-13 16.02.1991 Ka LP-KS (?t) * EUV Telescopes 15 15 S-520 S-520-15 01.02.1992 Ka LP-KS (it) * CIR 16 16 S-520 S-520-16 18.02.1993 Ka LP-KS * METS 17 17 S-520 S-520-21 01.12.1994 And * ? 18 18 S-520 S-520-17 23.01.1995 Ka LP-KS * ? 19 19 S-520 S-520-19 28.01.1995 Ka LP-KS * EUV Telescopes 20 20 S-520 S-520-20 17.09.1995 Ka LP-KS (it) * F Lunar Penetrator Test 21 21 S-520 S-520-18 30.01.1997 Ka LP-KS * Lunar Penetrator Test 22 22 S-520 S-520-22 31.01.1998 Ka LP-KS (ot) * SOLAR-BXUV Doppler Telescope 23 1 SS-520 SS-520-1 05.02.1998 Ka LP-KS (ot) * ENA/EPS/LAP 24 2 SS-520 SS-520-2 04.12.2000 Sva * Ion Outflow 25 23 S-520 S-520-23 02.09.2007 Ka LP-KS (ot) * WIND 26 24 S-520 S-520-24 02.08.2008 Ka LP-KS (it) * Microgravity 27 25 S-520 S-520-25 30.08.2009 Ka LP-KS (ot) * T-REX 28 26 S-520 S-520-26 12.01.2012 Ka LP-KS (ot) * Li release 29 27 S-520 S-520-28 17.12.2012 Ka LP-KS (it) * Microgravity 30 28 S-520 S-520-27 20.07.2013 Ka LP-KS (ot) * MSTID 31 29 S-520 S-520-29 17.08.2014 Ka LP-KS (of) * Sporadic E study 32 30 S-520 S-520-30 11.09.2015 Ka LP-KS * Dust nucleation 33 1 SS-520 (3 stg) SS-520-4 14.01.2017 Ka LP-KS F TRICOM 1 34 2 SS-520 (3 stg) SS-520-5 03.02.2018 Ka LP-KS TRICOM 1R 35 31 S-520 S-520-31 26.07.2021 Ka LP-KS * DES / RATS 36 3 SS-520 SS-520-3 04.11.2021 Sva * Ion Outflow 37 32 S-520 S-520-RD1 23.07.2022 Ka LP-KS * RD-1 38 33 S-520 S-520-32 11.08.2023 Ka LP-KS * ? 39 34 S-520 S-520-33 02.12.2023 Ka LP-KS * ? Planned: Launch sites: And = Andøya Space Center (Andøya Rocket Range), Andøya, Nordland, NorwayKa = Kagoshima Space Center / Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
