List of H-II series and H3 launches

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This is a list of launches made by JAXA using H-II, H-IIA, H-IIB and H3 rockets.

Contents

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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  •   H-II
  •   H-IIA
  •   H-IIB
  •   H3

Launch sites

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  •   LA-Y1
  •   LA-Y2

Launch outcomes

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  •   Success
  •   Partial failure
  •   Failure
  •   Planned

Launch history

1994-1999

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
TF1
(Test Flight 1)		3 February 1994
22:20		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-1 / OREX LEO / GTO Success
Carried Vehicle Evaluation Payload 1 (VEP-1), a mass simulator nicknamed Myōjō and the Orbital Re-Entry EXperiment (OREX), nicknamed Ryūse.
TF2
(Test Flight 2)		28 August 1994
07:50		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VI GEO Success
Carried Engineering Test Satellite-VI (ETS-VI), nicknamed Kiku 6.
TF3
(Test Flight 3)		18 March 1995
08:01		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 (GMS-5) / Space Flyer Unit (SFU) GEO / LEO Success
Himawari 5
F417 August 1996
01:53		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS I (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji-OSCAR 29, JAS-2 LEO Success
Midori and Fuji 3
F627 November 1997
21:27		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII) LEO Success
Orihime and Kiku 7 (Hikoboshi)
F521 February 1998
07:55		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellites) GEO Partial failure
Kakehashi, Faulty brazing in second-stage engine cooling system caused engine burn through and cable damage resulting in shutdown midway through the upper stage's second burn, leaving spacecraft in elliptical LEO instead of GTO. Spacecraft thrusters raised orbit enough to complete some communications experiments.
F815 November 1999
07:29		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite) GEO Failure
Cavitation in the first stage hydrogen turbopump impeller caused an impeller blade to fracture, resulting in loss of fuel and rapid shutdown of the engine at T+239 seconds. The vehicle impacted the ocean 380 km at the northwest of Chichijima.

2001–2003

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
TF1
(Test Flight 1)		29 August 2001
07:00:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-2 (mass simulator)Success
Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2 / LRE
TF2
(Test Flight 2)		4 February 2002
02:45:00		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-3 (mass simulator) / MDS-1 Success
Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3 / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (Tsubasa) / DASH
F310 September 2002
08:20:00		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 USERS / DRTS (Kodama)Success
F414 December 2002
01:31:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS II (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1Success
F528 March 2003
01:27:00		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1 Success
F629 November 2003
04:33:00		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 2 / IGS-Radar 2 Failure
A hot gas leak from one SRB-A motor destroyed its separation system. The strap-on did not separate as planned, and the weight of the spent motor prevented the vehicle from achieving its planned height. [1]

2005–2009

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F726 February 2005
09:25:00		H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6)Success
F824 January 2006
01:33:00		H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS (Daichi)Success
F918 February 2006
06:27:00		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7)Success
F1011 September 2006
04:35:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 2 Success
F1118 December 2006
06:32:00		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) [2] GTO Success
F1224 February 2007
04:41:00		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V Success
F1314 September 2007
01:31:01		H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 SELENE (Kaguya)Success
F1423 February 2008
08:55:00		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 WINDS (Kizuna)Success
F1523 January 2009
03:54:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT (Ibuki) / SDS-1 / STARS (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite) (Kūkai) / KKS-1 (Kiseki) / PRISM (Hitomi) / Sohla-1 (Maido 1) / SORUNSAT-1 (Kagayaki) / SPRITE-SAT (Raijin)Success [3]
F110 September 2009
17:01:46		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 HTV-1 Success
First flight of H-IIB
F1628 November 2009
01:21:00 [4] 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 3 Success

2010–2014

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F1720 May 2010
21:58:22 [5] [6] [7] 		H-IIA 202 [8] Tanegashima, LA-Y1 PLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″ Success
F1811 September 2010
11:17:00 [9] 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1 (Michibiki)Success
F222 January 2011
05:37:57		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 2 (HTV-2)Success
F1923 September 2011
04:36:50 [10] 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 4 Success
F2012 December 2011
01:21:00 [11] 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 3 Success
F2117 May 2012
16:39:00		H-IIA 202 [12] Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2 Success
F321 July 2012
02:06:18		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1 Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 3, deployed on 4 October 2012 from the ISS.
F2227 January 2013
04:40:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V Success
F43 August 2013
19:48:46		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) / PicoDragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3 Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 4 for deployment from the ISS.
F2327 February 2014
18:37:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2 Success
F2424 May 2014
03:05:14		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / Raijin-2 (Rising-2) / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT Success
F257 October 2014
05:16:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 8 Success
F263 December 2014
04:22:04		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON Success

2015–2019

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F271 February 2015
01:21:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar Spare Success
F2826 March 2015
01:21:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 5 Success
F519 August 2015
11:50:49		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5 Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS.
F2924 November 2015
06:50:00		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Telstar 12 Vantage [2] GTO Success
F3017 February 2016
08:45:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ASTRO-H (Hitomi) / ChubuSat-2 (Kinshachi 2) / ChubuSat-3 (Kinshachi 3) / Horyu-4 Success
The Hitomi telescope broke apart 37 days after launch. [13]
F312 November 2016
06:20:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 9 Success
F69 December 2016
13:26:47		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3 Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 6 for deployment from the ISS.
F3224 January 2017
07:44:00		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) [2] GTO Success
F3317 March 2017
01:20:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 5 Success
F341 June 2017
00:17:46		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-2 (Michibiki 2)Success
F3519 August 2017
05:29:00		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) [2] GTO Success
F369 October 2017
22:01:37		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-4 (Michibiki 4)Success
F3723 December 2017
01:26:22		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame)Success
F3827 February 2018
04:34:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 6 Success
F3912 June 2018
04:20:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 6 Success
F722 September 2018
17:52:27		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) / SPATIUM-I / RSP-00 / STARS-Me Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 7 for deployment from the ISS.
F4029 October 2018
04:08:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube)Success
F824 September 2019
16:05:05		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1 Success
CubeSats carried aboard of Kounotori 8 for deployment from the ISS.

2020–2024

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F419 February 2020
01:34:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 7 Success
F920 May 2020
17:31:00		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)Success
Kounotori 9 launch to the ISS. The last launch of both the launch vehicle and vehicle, awaiting new fleet of HTV-X and H3.
F4219 July 2020
21:58:14		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Emirates Mars Mission 1350 kg Heliocentric Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Success
Emirates Mars Mission launched to planet Mars.
F4329 November 2020
07:25:00		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 JDRS/LUCAS GTO Success
F4426 October 2021
02:19:37		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1R about 4t IGSO Cabinet Office Success
Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1).
F4522 December 2021
15:32:00		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Inmarsat-6 F1 5,470 kg GTO (supersynchronous) Inmarsat Success
Final flight of H-IIA 204.
F4626 January 2023
01:50:21		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 7 SSO CIRO Success
TF1 (Test Flight 1)7 March 2023 01:37:55H3-22S Tanegashima, LA-Y2 ALOS-3 3,000 kg SSO JAXA Failure
First H3 flight. Second stage ignition failed, leading to flight termination.
F476 September 2023
23:42:11		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 XRISM / SLIM 3,015 kg LEO / Selenocentric JAXA / NASA Success
F4812 January 2024
04:44:26		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 8 SSO CIRO Success
TF2 (Test Flight 2)17 February 2024 00:22:55H3-22S Tanegashima, LA-Y2 VEP-4 (mass simulator)2,675 kg SSO JAXA Success
Second H3 test flight and first launch success. Carried Vehicle Evaluation Payload 4 (VEP-4), a mass simulator, with rideshares CE-SAT-1E and TIRSAT. [14]
F31 July 2024
03:06		H3-22S Tanegashima, LA-Y2 ALOS-4 2,990 kg SSO JAXA Success
F4926 September 2024
05:24:20		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 8 SSO CIRO Success
F44 November 2024
06:48 [15] 		H3-22S Tanegashima, LA-Y2 DSN-3 GTO DSN / JDSF Success

2025

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F52 February 2025
08:30		H3-22S Tanegashima, LA-Y2 QZS-6 4,900 kg GTO CAO Success
F5028 June 2025
16:33		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT-GW 2,600 kg SSO JAXA Success
Final flight of H-IIA 202, and H-II family as a whole.

Planned launches

Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadOrbitCustomer
21 October 2025
01:58 [15] 		H3-24W Tanegashima, LA-Y2 HTV-X1 LEO (ISS) JAXA
First HTV-X resupply mission. First flight of H3-24 configuration.
2025 [15] H3-30S Tanegashima, LA-Y2 VEP-5 LEO JAXA and others
Test flight of H3-30 configuration. To carry Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5 (VEP-5), a mass simulator, with rideshares STARS-X, BRO-19, VERTECS, HORN-L, HORN-R and PETREL.
JFY25 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 QZS-5 GTO JAXA
JFY25 [15] [16] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 QZS-7 GTO JAXA
JFY25 [15] [17] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 ETS-9 GEO JAXA / NICT
Engineering Test Satellite 9 (ETS-9), nicknamed Kiku-9.
JFY26 [15] H3-24W Tanegashima, LA-Y2 HTV-X2 LEO (ISS) JAXA
JFY26 [18] H3-24L Tanegashima, LA-Y2 MMX Areocentric JAXA
JFY26 [15] H3-24W Tanegashima, LA-Y2 HTV-X3 LEO (ISS) JAXA
JFY26 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Optical Diversification 1 SSO CIRO
First of a new generation of IGS-Optical satellites.
JFY27 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Optical 9 SSO CIRO
JFY27 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Optical Diversification 2 SSO CIRO
JFY27H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 JDRS-2 GEO CIRO / JAXA
April 2028H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Destiny+ / Ramses Heliocentric JAXA / ESA
Interplanetary trajectory to asteroid Apophis [19]
JFY28 [15] [20] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Himawari 10 GEO JMA
2029 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Radar Diversification 1 SSO CIRO
First of a new generation of IGS-Radar satellites.
2029 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Optical 10 SSO CIRO
2030 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Radar Diversification 2 SSO CIRO
2031 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Radar 9 SSO CIRO
2032 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Optical Diversification Successor SSO CIRO
2032 [21] [22] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 LiteBIRD Sun–Earth L2 JAXA
2033 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Radar 10 SSO CIRO
2033 [15] H3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 IGS-Optical 11 SSO CIRO
TBDH3 Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Inmarsat TBA GEO Inmarsat
First commercial customer to launch on H3. [23]

Sources: Gunter's Space Page [24] [25] and Cabinet Office of Japan [15]

References

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