List of H-II series and H3 launches explained

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

Launch statistics

Launch outcomes

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-IITanegashima, LA-Y1OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment) / VEP (Vehicle Evaluation Payload)LEO / GTO
Ryūsei and Myōjō
TF2
(Test Flight 2)		28 August 1994
07:50		H-IITanegashima, LA-Y1ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite-VI)GEO
Kiku 6
TF3
(Test Flight 3)		18 March 1995
08:01		H-IITanegashima, LA-Y1Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 (GMS-5) / Space Flyer Unit (SFU)GEO / LEO
Himawari 5
F417 August 1996
01:53		H-IITanegashima, LA-Y1ADEOS I (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji-OSCAR 29, JAS-2LEO
Midori and Fuji 3
F627 November 1997
21:27		H-IITanegashima, LA-Y1TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII)LEO
Orihime and Kiku 7 (Hikoboshi)
F521 February 1998
07:55		H-IITanegashima, LA-Y1COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellites)GEO
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-IITanegashima, LA-Y1MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite)GEO
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

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
29 August 2001
07:00:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1VEP 2 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2) / LRE

2002

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
TF2
(Test Flight 2)		4 February 2002
02:45:00 		H-IIA 2024Tanegashima, LA-Y1VEP 3 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3) / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (MDS-1) (Tsubasa) / DASH
F310 September 2002
08:20:00		H-IIA 2024Tanegashima, LA-Y1USERS / DRTS (Kodama)
F414 December 2002
01:31:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1ADEOS II (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1

2003

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F528 March 2003
01:27:00		H-IIA 2024Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1
F629 November 2003
04:33:00		H-IIA 2024Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical (2nd) / IGS-Radar (2nd)
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

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F726 February 2005
09:25:00		H-IIA 2022Tanegashima, LA-Y1MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6)

2006

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F824 January 2006
01:33:00		H-IIA 2022Tanegashima, LA-Y1ALOS (Daichi)
F918 February 2006
06:27:00		H-IIA 2024Tanegashima, LA-Y1MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7)
F1011 September 2006
04:35:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 2
F1118 December 2006
06:32:00		H-IIA 204Tanegashima, LA-Y1ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) GTO

2007

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F1224 February 2007
04:41:00		H-IIA 2024Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V
F1314 September 2007
01:31:01		H-IIA 2022Tanegashima, LA-Y1SELENE (Kaguya)

2008

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F1423 February 2008
08:55:00		H-IIA 2024Tanegashima, LA-Y1WINDS (Kizuna)

2009

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F1523 January 2009
03:54:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1GOSAT (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) [2]
F110 September 2009
17:01:46		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2HTV-1
First flight of H-IIB
F1628 November 2009
01:21:00 [3] 		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 3

2010

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F1720 May 2010
21:58:22 [4] [5] [6] 		H-IIA 202 [7] LA-Y1, TanegashimaPLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″
F1811 September 2010
11:17:00 [8] 		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1QZS-1 (Michibiki)

2011

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F222 January 2011
05:37:57		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 2 (HTV-2)
F1923 September 2011
04:36:50 [9] 		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 4
F2012 December 2011
01:21:00 [10] 		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar 3

2012

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F2117 May 2012
16:39:00		H-IIA 202 [11] Tanegashima, LA-Y1GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2
F321 July 2012
02:06:18		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 3, deployed on 4 October 2012 from the ISS.

2013

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F2227 January 2013
04:40:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V
F43 August 2013
19:48:46		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) / PicoDragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 4 for deployment from the ISS.

2014

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F2327 February 2014
18:37:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2
F2424 May 2014
03:05:14		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / Raijin-2 (Rising-2) / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT
F257 October 2014
05:16:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1Himawari 8
F263 December 2014
04:22:04		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON

2015

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F271 February 2015
01:21:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar Spare
F2826 March 2015
01:21:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 5
F519 August 2015
11:50:49		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS.
F2924 November 2015
06:50:00		H-IIA 204Tanegashima, LA-Y1Telstar 12 Vantage[12] GTO

2016

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F3017 February 2016
08:45:00 		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1ASTRO-H (Hitomi) / ChubuSat-2 (Kinshachi 2) / ChubuSat-3 (Kinshachi 3) / Horyu-4
The Hitomi telescope broke apart 37 days after launch.[13]
F312 November 2016
06:20:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1Himawari 9
F69 December 2016
13:26:47		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 6 for deployment from the ISS.

2017

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F3224 January 2017
07:44:00		H-IIA 204Tanegashima, LA-Y1DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) GTO
F3317 March 2017
01:20:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar 5
F341 June 2017
00:17:46		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1QZS-2 (Michibiki 2)
F3519 August 2017
05:29:00		H-IIA 204Tanegashima, LA-Y1QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) GTO
F369 October 2017
22:01:37		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1QZS-4 (Michibiki 4)
F3723 December 2017
01:26:22		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame)

2018

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F3827 February 2018
04:34:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 6
F3912 June 2018
04:20:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar 6
F722 September 2018
17:52:27		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) / SPATIUM-I / RSP-00 / STARS-Me
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 7 for deployment from the ISS.
F4029 October 2018
04:08:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube)

2019

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F824 September 2019
16:05:05		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1
CubeSats carried aboard of Kounotori 8 for deployment from the ISS.

2020

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F419 February 2020
01:34:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 7
F920 May 2020
17:31:00		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)
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 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1Emirates Mars Mission1350 kgHeliocentricMohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
Emirates Mars Mission launched to planet Mars.
F4329 November 2020
07:25:00		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1JDRS/LUCASGTO

2021

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F4426 October 2021
02:19:37		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1QZS-1Rabout 4tIGSOCabinet Office
Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1).
F4522 December 2021
15:32:00		H-IIA 204Tanegashima, LA-Y1Inmarsat-6 F15,470 kgGTO (supersynchronous)Inmarsat
Final flight of H-IIA 204.

2023

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F4626 January 2023
01:50:21		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar 7SSOCIRO
TF1 (Test Flight 1)7 March 2023 01:37:55H3-22STanegashima, LA-Y2ALOS-33,000 kgSSOJAXA
First H3 flight. Second stage ignition failed, leading to flight termination.
F476 September 2023
23:42:11		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1XRISM / SLIM3,015 kgLEO / SelenocentricJAXA / NASA

2024

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadPayload massOrbitUsersLaunch
outcome
F4812 January 2024
04:44:26		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 8SSOCIRO
TF2 (Test Flight 2)17 February 2024 00:22:55H3-22STanegashima, LA-Y2VEP-4 (Mass simulator), CE-SAT-1E, TIRSAT2,675 kgSSOJAXA
Second H3 test flight and first launch success.
F31 July 2024
03:06		H3-22STanegashima, LA-Y2ALOS-42,990 kgSSOJAXA

Planned launches

Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch site / PadPayloadOrbitCustomer
11 September 2024
04:00[14] 		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Radar 8SSOCIRO
2024H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2DSN-3SSODSN / JDSF
2024H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1GOSAT-GWSSOJAXA
Final flight of H-IIA 202, and H-II family as a whole.
2024H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2QZS-5TundraJAXA
2025H3-24LTanegashima, LA-Y2HTV-X1LEO (ISS)JAXA
First HTV-X resupply mission.
2025H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2QZS-6TundraJAXA
2025[15] H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2QZS-7TundraJAXA
2025[16] H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2ETS-9 (Kiku-9)GEOJAXA / NICT
2026H3-24LTanegashima, LA-Y2HTV-X2LEO (ISS)JAXA
2026H3-24LTanegashima, LA-Y2HTV-X3LEO (ISS)JAXA
2026[17] H3-24LTanegashima, LA-Y2MMXAreocentricJAXA
2026H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Optical Diversification 1SSOCIRO
First of a new generation of IGS-Optical satellites.
2027H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Optical 9SSOCIRO
2027H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Optical Diversification 2SSOCIRO
2027H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2JDRS-2GEOCIRO / JAXA
2028[18] H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2Himawari 10GEOJMA
2029H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Radar Diversification 1SSOCIRO
First of a new generation of IGS-Radar satellites.
2029H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Optical 10SSOCIRO
2030H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Radar Diversification 2SSOCIRO
2031H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Radar 9SSOCIRO
2032H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Optical Diversification SuccessorSSOCIRO
2032[19] [20] H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2LiteBIRDJAXA
2033H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Radar 10SSOCIRO
2033H3Tanegashima, LA-Y2IGS-Optical 11SSOCIRO
TBDH3Tanegashima, LA-Y2Inmarsat TBAGEOInmarsat
First commercial customer to launch on H3.[21]

Sources: Gunter's Space Page[22] [23] and Cabinet Office of Japan[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launch Result of IGS #2/H-IIA F6. November 29, 2003. June 19, 2013. JAXA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925005253/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2003/11/20031129_h2af6_e.html. 25 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Launch Result of the IBUKI (GOSAT) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15. January 23, 2009. MHI and JAXA. 13 March 2018. 21 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130621105225/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/01/20090123_h2a-f15_e.html. dead.
  3. Web site: H-IIA F16. Sorae. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120218012627/http://www.sorae.jp/030801/3328.html. 2012-02-18.
  4. Web site: Launch Day of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17. March 3, 2010. JAXA. 13 March 2018. 3 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130603022829/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/03/20100303_h2af17_e.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Overview of Secondary Payloads. JAXA.
  6. Web site: New Venus Probe to Launch Thursday From Japan After. Space.com. Tariq Malik. 18 May 2010. 20 May 2010.
  7. Web site: JAXA launch H-IIA carrying AKATSUKI and IKAROS scrubbed. Chris Bergin. 17 May 2010. 17 May 2010. NASASpaceflight.
  8. Web site: New Launch Day of the First Quasi-Zenith Satellite 'MICHIBIKI' by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18. JAXA.
  9. Web site: Japanese H-2A launches with new IGS military satellite . Chris Bergin. 23 September 2011. NASASpaceflight.
  10. Web site: Japanese H-2A lofts IGS (Radar-3) satellite into orbit. Chris Bergin. 11 December 2011. NASASpaceflight.
  11. Web site: Launch Overview – H-IIA Launch Services Flight No.21. April 15, 2012. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 15 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015164805/http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/f21/overview/index.html. dead.
  12. http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/h2.html Space Launch Report: H-IIA/B Data Sheet
  13. News: Attitude control failures led to break-up of Japanese astronomy satellite. Spaceflight Now. Stephen. Clark. 18 April 2016. 21 April 2016.
  14. Web site: Explanatory Statement – Request for Special Temporary Authority for Launch Services . 18 April 2024.
  15. Web site: Ryan . Dorothy . Lincoln Laboratory is designing a payload to integrate on Japanese satellites . . 3 December 2020 . 29 April 2021 . The laboratory is working with the Japanese National Space Policy Secretariat and Mitsubishi Electric Company to integrate state-of-the-art sensors on the newest satellites in the QZSS constellation, QZS-6 and QZS-7, which are scheduled for launch in 2023 and 2024, respectively..
  16. Web site: 技術試験衛星9号機（ETS-9）の開発状況について . About the development status of Engineering Test Satellite No. 9 (ETS-9) . . 28 June 2021 . 7 September 2021 . ja.
  17. Web site: Japan to Delay Mars Moon Exploration by 2 Years to 2026. Yomiuri Shimbun. 6 December 2023. 26 December 2023.
  18. Bessho . K. . Status of Himawari-8/9 and their follow-on satellite Himawari-10 . 5 . . . 26 April 2023 . 7 December 2023.
  19. Web site: The origin of the Universe will be unveiled by the LiteBIRD cryogenic satellite . . 3 July 2023 . 26 December 2023.
  20. Web site: Montier . L. . LiteBIRD Overview . . 10 July 2019 . 29 April 2021.
  21. Web site: Jones . Andrew . Japan's new H3 launcher delayed by rocket engine component issues . . 27 November 2020 . 29 April 2021.
  22. Web site: Krebs . Gunter . H-2A . Gunter's Space Page . 17 March 2021 . 29 April 2021.
  23. Web site: Krebs . Gunter . H-3 . Gunter's Space Page . 5 October 2020 . 29 April 2021.
  24. Web site: 宇宙基本計画⼯程表 (令和５年度改訂) . Basic Plan on Space Policy (2023 Revision) . 45 . . 22 December 2023 . 26 December 2023 . ja . 25 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231225105156/https://www8.cao.go.jp/space/plan/plan2/kaitei_fy05/kaitei_fy0512.pdf . live.

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