List of JAXA launches explained

Launch history

1986-1992

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
15(F)12 August 1986,
20:45		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexEGP (Ajisai)LEO
9 SRMs, 2 stages
17(F)27 August 1987,
09:20		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexETS-5 (Kiku-5)GTO
9 SRMs, 3 stages
18(F)19 February 1988,
10:05		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexCS-3A (Sakura-3A)GTO
9 SRMs, 3 stages
19(F)16 September 1988,
09:59		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexCS-3B (Sakura-3B)GTO
9 SRMs, 3 stages
20(F)5 September 1989,
19:11		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexGMS-4 (Himawari-4)GTO
6 SRMs, 3 stages
21(F)7 February 1990,
01:33		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexMOS-1B (Momo-1B)LEO
9 SRMs, 2 stages
22(F)28 August 1990,
09:05		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexBS-3A (Yuri-3A)GTO
9 SRMs, 3 stages
23(F)25 August 1991,
08:40		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexBS-3B (Yuri-3B)GTO
9 SRMs, 3 stages
24(F)11 February 1992,
01:50		H-IOsaki Launch ComplexJERS-1 (FUYO-1)LEO
9 SRMs, 2 stages

When the H–1 was announced in 1986, company representative Tsuguo Tatakawe clarified that it would only be used to launch indigenous (i.e. Japanese) payloads, that only two launches per year could be mounted, and that the launch window consisted of a four-month period in which Japanese fishing fleets were not active (the falling launch boosters may damage fishing nets in the ocean waters).[1]

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.[2]

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) [3]
F110 September 2009
17:01:46		H-IIBTanegashima, LA-Y2HTV-1
First flight of H-IIB
F1628 November 2009
01:21:00 [4] 		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 [5] [6] [7] 		H-IIA 202 [8] LA-Y1, TanegashimaPLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″
F1811 September 2010
11:17:00 [9] 		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 [10] 		H-IIA 202Tanegashima, LA-Y1IGS-Optical 4
F2012 December 2011
01:21:00 [11] 		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 [12] 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[13] 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.[14]
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.

Notes and References

  1. Japan's H–1 and H–2 rockets, Air & Space/Smithsonian, February/March 1987, p. 19
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Launch Result of the IBUKI (GOSAT) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15. January 23, 2009. MHI and JAXA.
  4. Web site: H-IIA F16. Sorae. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120218012627/http://www.sorae.jp/030801/3328.html. 2012-02-18.
  5. Web site: Launch Day of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17. March 3, 2010. JAXA.
  6. Web site: Overview of Secondary Payloads. JAXA.
  7. Web site: New Venus Probe to Launch Thursday From Japan After. Space.com. Tariq Malik. 18 May 2010. 20 May 2010.
  8. Web site: JAXA launch H-IIA carrying AKATSUKI and IKAROS scrubbed. Chris Bergin. 17 May 2010. 17 May 2010. NASASpaceflight.
  9. Web site: New Launch Day of the First Quasi-Zenith Satellite 'MICHIBIKI' by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18. JAXA.
  10. Web site: Japanese H-2A launches with new IGS military satellite . Chris Bergin. 23 September 2011. NASASpaceflight.
  11. Web site: Japanese H-2A lofts IGS (Radar-3) satellite into orbit. Chris Bergin. 11 December 2011. NASASpaceflight.
  12. Web site: Launch Overview – H-IIA Launch Services Flight No.21. April 15, 2012. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
  13. , Retrieved 20 February 2019
  14. News: Attitude control failures led to break-up of Japanese astronomy satellite. Spaceflight Now. Stephen. Clark. 18 April 2016. 21 April 2016.

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