NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

MBR Explorer

Launch Time
NET 1st Quarter, 2028

Launch vehicle configuration has not been confirmed

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

Mission Details

MBR Explorer

The MBR Explorer, named after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, will fly by six main belt asteroids between 2030 and 2033 before rendezvousing on a seventh, Justitia, in 2034, later deploying a lander.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,300.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan