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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:22:55
Saturday February 17, 2024
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New H3 test flight ordered after the failure of the first H3 launch in March 2023 with a dummy main payload.
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
2,600 kilograms
3U CubeSat by Japan Space Systems and other institutes to test an infrared sensor for Earth surface observation purposes.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
5 kilograms
70-kilogram class optical Earth observation satellite from Canon Electronics Inc., similar to the previously launched CE-SAT-1.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
70 kilograms
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2024
32nd
Orbital launch attempt