Apr 28 (Japan Times) - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced Friday that its SS520-5 has been recognized as the smallest orbital rocket by Guinness World Records.
The SS520-5, measuring 9.54 meters in height and 52 centimeters in diameter, is a three-stage solid rocket.
It was launched in February this year and successfully carried into orbit the 3-kilogram TRICOM-1 microsatellite, developed by the University of Tokyo.