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Those earlier launches were as a two-stage sounding rocket. The three-stage variant capable of putting a payload in orbit first launched in 2017; it made orbit on its second flight earlier this year.

SS-520 is a one-off experimental project, not something they intend to put into regular commercial service.




Why not? I bet the'll have success with cubesats.




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