🔝JAXA | SS-520 Unit 5 is certified as Guinness World Record (R)

🔝JAXA | SS-520 Unit 5 is certified as Guinness World Record (R)

On Guinness World Record of Unit 5 of SS-520

URL: http: //www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/smallest-rocket

Recorded name:

smallest orbital rocket / smallest orbital rocket

Recorded value:

Height 9.54 m Diameter 0.52 m (typical diameter)

Recording details:

The smallest orbital rocket is SS-520-5, measuring 9.54 m (31 ft 3.5 in) tall and 0.52 m (1 ft 8 in) in diameter and weighs 2,600 kg (5,732 lb), achieved by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan) in Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, launched on 3 February 2018.

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2018/04/20180427_guinness_j.html