NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Michibiki 5

Launch Time
NET 2024

Launch vehicle variant to be confirmed.

Rocket

H3-22S
Image Credit: JAXA
MHI
Status: Active
Price: $50.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,542 kN
Payload to GTO: 4,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 63.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.27 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

Mission Details

Michibiki 5

QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation.

The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan