Kappa (rocket)

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Kappa rockets

Kappa was a family of solid-fuel Japanese sounding rockets, which were built starting from 1956.

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Rockets

Kappa 1

Kappa 2

Kappa 6 (in two stages)

Kappa 7

Kappa 8 (in two stages)

Kappa 4

Kappa 9L

Kappa 9M

Kappa 8L

Kappa 10

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