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H3-30 Test Flight
H3-30
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LAUNCH SITETanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission
Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites: * PETREL * STARS-X * BRO-22 * VERTECS * HORN-L/R
- Launch vehicle
- H3-30
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
H3-30
The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.
- Height
- 63 m
- Diameter
- 5.27 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2026-06-12
Recorded timing
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1h 58.78333333333333m windowPublished target
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Flight timeline
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- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:03:12
Fairing Separation
- T+00:03:34
MECO
- T+00:03:42
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:03:54
SES-1
- T+00:15:15
SECO-1
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- T+00:16:16
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+00:30:06
Payload Deployment Sequence End
- T+01:44:58
SES-2
- T+01:45:16
SECO-2
Launch site & orbit
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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