H3-22S | VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT

Status

Success

VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT

Launch Time
Sat Feb 17, 2024 00:22 UTC

New H3 test flight ordered after the failure of the first H3 launch in March 2023 with a dummy main payload.

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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

Details

Mission Details

VEP 4

The VEP 4 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 4) is a mass simulator payload that will be carried on the 2nd test flight of the H3 rocket, instead of the ALOS-4 Earth observation satellite as originally planned.

It will be deployed after the 2nd de-orbit burn is completed to test the payload separation mechanism.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 2,600.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

CE-SAT-1E

70-kilogram class optical Earth observation satellite from Canon Electronics Inc., similar to the previously launched CE-SAT-1.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 70.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

TIRSAT

3U CubeSat by Japan Space Systems and other institutes to test an infrared sensor for Earth surface observation purposes.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 5.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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Stats

2024

32nd orbital launch attempt

H3

2nd mission

1st mission of 2024

1st successful mission

1st consecutive successful mission