MHI H3-30 Test Flight
H3-30
Status
Success
Date
12 JUN 2026
00:53
Launch Provider
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission Overview
Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites: * PETREL * STARS-X * BRO-22 * VERTECS * HORN-L/R
Rocket
H3-30
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
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 the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.
Height
63 m
Diameter
5.27 m
Launch Mass
274 T
Thrust
4,413 kN