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Japanese licence-built Delta orbital rocket

A Delta built in Japan under licence: McDonnell Douglas designed it, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built it, and the space agency NASDA flew it seven times from Tanegashima between 1975 and 1982. In 1977 it launched Kiku-2, NASDA's first geostationary satellite. Its one failure came in 1979, when the satellite and the third stage collided after separation.

Service1975–1982

19751982

1975first flight1982last flight

launches: 7
success · 6/7: 86%

Full launch history


Sep 3, 198205:00:00 UTC	ETS-3 Japan • N-I	-	N-I	Success
Feb 22, 198008:35:00 UTC	ECS-B Japan • N-I	-	N-I	Success
Feb 6, 197908:46:00 UTCFailure	ECS-A Japan • N-I	-	N-I	Failure
Feb 15, 197804:00:00 UTC	ISS-2 Japan • N-I	-	N-I	Success
Feb 23, 197708:50:00 UTC	ETS-2 Japan • N-I	-	N-I	Success
Feb 29, 197603:30:00 UTC	ISS-1 Japan • N-I	-	N-I	Success
Sep 9, 197505:30:00 UTC	ETS-1 Japan • N-I	-	N-I	Success