Lambda (rocket)
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Lambda is the name of a series of Japanese rockets. It consisted of the types Lambda 2, LS-A, LSC-3, Lambda 3, Lambda 4 and LS-C.
On February 11, 1970 the first Japanese satellite, Osumi, was launched using a Lambda 4 rocket.
The Lambda 4 was launched nine times, 5 of these were failures. The first launch of the Lambda 4-S rocket took place on September 26, 1966 from Kagoshima. A fourth stage attitude control failed resulting in loss of the vehicle and payload. The last launch date was September 1st, 1974 from Ohsumi, Osumi which successfully placed a 26 kg payload into low Earth orbit.
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