NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

H3-30 Test Flight

Launch Time
NET 1st Half 2025

First flight of the H3-30 variant.

Rocket

H3-30S
Image Credit: JAXA
MHI
Status: Active
Price: $50.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,413 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,100 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 63.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.27 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

Mission Details

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,500.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

PETREL

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 65.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 65.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 10.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

VERTECS

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 9.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

HORN-L/R

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

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 10.6 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan