NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

H3

The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA are responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3. The H3 was designed with cheaper engines compared to the H-IIA, so that manufacturing the new launch vehicle would be faster, less risky, and more cost-effective.

Missions: 4
Successes: 3
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 1
Success Streak: 3
Success Rate: 75.0%
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Configurations

H3-22L
MHI
Status: Active
Price: $50.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,542 kN
Payload to GTO: 4,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Fairing Diameter: 5.27 m
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: 10.3 m
H3-24L
MHI
Status: Active
Price: $50.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 12,142 kN
Payload to GTO: 6,500 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Fairing Diameter: 5.27 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m
H3-30S
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: 10.3 m

Launch Sites

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Launches

MHI
H3-22S | Kirameki 3
Mon Nov 04, 2024 06:48 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
MHI
H3-22S | ALOS-4
Mon Jul 01, 2024 03:06 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
MHI
H3-22S | VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT
Sat Feb 17, 2024 00:22 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
MHI
H3-22S | ALOS-3
Tue Mar 07, 2023 01:37 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan