VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:22:55

Saturday February 17, 2024

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Launch Notes

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

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

2,600 kilograms

TIRSAT

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

CE-SAT-1E

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

Rocket

Active
H3-22S

Active Since 2023

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries logo

Agency

MHI

Price

$50.00 million

Rocket

Height: 63m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 4,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,542 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.27m

Height: 10.4m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

LA-Y2

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Fastest Turnaround

90 days 1 hour

Stats

H3


2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2024

2024


32nd

Orbital launch attempt