H3-30 Test Flight

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than 4th Quarter, 2025

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First flight of the H3-30 variant.

STARS-X

STARS X (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite X) is a technical demonstration of debris capture using space tether technology by the Shizuoka University. It consists of a Mother Satellite and a Daughter Satellite connected by a tether.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

2 Payloads

65 kilograms

VEP-5

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 VEP 5 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5) as a mass simulator payload, and several hitchhiking small satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1,500 kilograms

BRO-19

BRO-19 (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter), developed by UnseenLabs, is part of a series of satellites providing a spectrum monitoring and electromagnetic intelligence service (SIGINT) for maritime and aerial traffic surveillance.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

10 kilograms

VERTECS

Wiki

VERTECS (Visible Extragalactic background RadiaTion Exploration by CubeSat) is a 6U astronomical nano-satellite designed to reveal star formation history by observing visible extragalactic background light.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

9 kilograms

HORN-L/R

Space demonstration of a PMD (Post Mission Disposal) device using atmospheric resistance.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

2 Payloads

10.6 kilograms

PETREL

Wiki

PETREL (Platform for Extra and Terrestrial Remote Examination with LCTF) is a technology demonstration developed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology. The satellite is equipped with a multispectral camera, which will be used to carry out two distinct missions. One mission is to survey the sky in ultraviolet wavelengths for the field of time-domain astronomy, and the other is to conduct spectroscopic observations of the Earth.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

65 kilograms

Rocket

Active
H3-30S

Active Since 2025

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries logo

Agency

MHI

Price

$50.00 million

Rocket

Height: 63m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 4,000 kg

GTO: 2,100 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,413 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.27m

Height: 10.4m

Stages

2

Launch Site

General Trajectory

SE

SW

Launching

South

LA-Y2

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Fastest Turnaround

90 days 1 hour