Launch success with satellite solar panels deployed and in proper attitude control.
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Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4)
H3-22
Historical mission record
This page records H3-22 | Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission
The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) is a Japanese satellite designed to observe the Earth's surface using a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3).
- Launch vehicle
- H3-22
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.

H3-22
The H3 Launch Vehicle is a Japanese expendable launch system. Each H3 booster configuration has a two-digit and a letter designation that indicates the features of that configuration. The first digit represents the number of LE-9 engines on the main stage, either "2" or "3". The second digit indicates the number of SRB-3 solid rocket boosters attached to the base of the rocket, and can be "0", "2" or "4". All layouts of solid boosters are symmetrical. The letter in the end shows the length of the payload fairing, either short "S" or long "L". For example, an H3-24L has two engines, four solid rocket boosters, and a long fairing, whereas an H3-30S has three engines, no solid rocket boosters, and a short fairing.
- Height
- 63 m
- Diameter
- 5.27 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 6
- First flight
- 2023-03-07
Recorded timing
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Target ·
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Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:56
Booster Separation
- T+00:03:30
Fairing Separation
- T+00:05:03
MECO
- T+00:05:11
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:05:24
SES-1
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- T+00:16:25
SECO-1
- T+00:16:45
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch site & orbit
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Coverage & sources
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