Kappa Rocket

Japanese: カッパロケット - かっぱろけっと
Kappa Rocket

...This rocket was a solid rocket with a diameter of 1.8 cm and a length of 23 cm, and repeated horizontal launch experiments were carried out at Kokubunji in Tokyo to clarify the rocket's basic characteristics. This later evolved into the baby rocket, the Kappa rocket. Upper atmosphere observations using the Kappa rocket were approved as part of the International Geophysical Year project that began in 1982, and this led to the Kappa rocket being used as Japan's observation rocket. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kappa Rocket" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このロケットは直径1.8cm,長さ23cmの固体ロケットで,都下国分寺で水平発射実験を繰り返して,ロケットの基本的な特性を明らかにしていった。その後これはベビーロケット,カッパロケットへと発展する。57年に始まった国際地球観測年の事業としてカッパロケットによる高層大気観測が承認され,これを機会にカッパロケットが日本の観測ロケットとして用いられることとなった。…

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