Past Missions

H3 Launch Records

Launch Vehicle			H3 F10
Launch Date			October 20, 2026, 04:41:03 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload			Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft
Orbit			Mars transfer orbit
Result			Success

Launch Vehicle	H3 F9	H3 F6	H3 F8
Launch Date	August 11, 2026 4:23:31 a.m.	June 12, 2026 9:53:59 a.m.	Dec 22, 2025 10:51:30 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	“MICHIBIKI No. 7”(Quasi-Zenith Satellite System)	Vehicle Evaluation Payload-5 (VEP-5), Six small auxiliary satellites	“MICHIBIKI No. 5”(Quasi-Zenith Satellite System)
Orbit	QGEO	―	QZO
Result	Success	Success	Failure

Launch Vehicle	H3 F7	H3 F5	H3 F4
Launch Date	Oct 26, 2025 09:00:15 a.m.	Feb. 2, 2025 05:30:00 p.m.	Nov. 4, 2024 03:48:00 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	New unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft1（HTV-X1）	"MICHIBIKI No. 6" (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System)	X-band defense communication satellite-3 "Kirameki-3"
Orbit	ISS	GTO	GTO
Result	Success	Success	Success

Launch Vehicle	H3 F3	H3 TF2	H3 TF1
Launch Date	Jul. 1, 2024 00:06:42 p.m.	Feb. 17, 2024 09:22:55 a.m.	Mar. 7, 2023 10:37:55 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Advanced Land Observing Satellite "DAICHI-4" (ALOS-4)	Two small auxiliary satellites for Vehicle Evaluation Payload-4 (VEP-4)	Advanced Land Observing Satellite "DAICHI-3" (ALOS-3)
Orbit	SSO	－	SSO
Result	Success	Success	Failure

H-IIA Launch Records


Launch Vehicle		H-IIA F50	H-IIA F49
Launch Date		June. 29, 2025 1:33:03 a.m.	Sep. 26, 2024 2:24:20 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload		Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle "Ibuki GW" (GOSAT-GW)	Government Mission
Orbit		Sun-synchronous sub-rectilinear orbit	－
Result		Success	Success
Live Reports		Archive	Archive


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F48	H-IIA F47	H-IIA F46
Launch Date	Jan. 12, 2024 1:44:26 p.m.	Sep. 7, 2023 8:42:11 a.m.	Jan. 26, 2023 10:50:21 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Government Mission	X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission(XRISM) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon(SLIM)	Government Mission
Orbit	－	Earth Orbit	－
Result	Success	Success	Success
Live Reports	Archive	Archive	Archive


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F45	H-IIA F44	H-IIA F43
Launch Date	Dec. 23, 2021 00:32:00 p.m.	Oct. 26, 2021 11:19:37 a.m.	Nov. 29, 2020 04:25:00 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Inmarsat-6 F1	QZS-1R	JDRS
Orbit	GTO	Quasi-Zenith Orbit	GTO
Result	Success	Success	Success
Live Reports	Archive	Archive	Archive


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F42	H-IIA F41	H-IIA F40
Launch Date	Jul. 20, 2020 6:58:14 a.m.	Feb. 9, 2020 10:34:00 a.m.	Oct. 29, 2018 1:08:00 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	UAE Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe	Government Mission	Second Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite "IBUKI-2" (GOSAT-2) and KhalifaSat, a remote sensing Earth observation satellite
Orbit	Mars Transfer Orbit	-	Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent orbit
Result	Success	Success	Success
Live Reports	Archive	Archive	Archive


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F39	H-IIA F38	H-IIA F37
Launch Date	Jun. 12, 2018 1:20 p.m.	Feb. 27, 2018 1:34 p.m.	Dec. 23, 2017 10:26:22 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Government Mission	Government Mission	Global Changing Observation Mission “SHIKISAI” (GCOM-C) and Super Low Altitude Test Satellite “TSUBAME” (SLATS)
Orbit	-	-	Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent orbit
Result	Success	Success	Success
Archive			Countdown Report(149KB) Library(112KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F36	H-IIA F35	H-IIA F34
Launch Date	Oct. 10, 2017 7:01:37 a.m.	Aug. 19, 2017 2:29:00 p.m.	Jun. 1, 2017 9:17:46 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	MICHIBIKI No. 4	MICHIBIKI No. 3	MICHIBIKI No. 2
Orbit	Quasi-Zenith Orbit	GTO	Quasi-Zenith Orbit
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive	Countdown Report(145KB) Library(113KB)	Countdown Report(142KB) Library(117KB)	Countdown Report(138KB) Library(114KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F33	H-IIA F32	H-IIA F31
Launch Date	Mar. 17, 2017 10:20 a.m.	Jan. 24, 2017 4:44 p.m.	Nov. 2, 2016 3:20:00 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Government Mission	Government Mission	Geostationary Meteorological Satellite "Himawari-9"
Orbit	-	-	GTO
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive			Countdown Report(155KB) Library(115KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F30	H-IIA F29	H-IIA F28
Launch Date	Feb. 17, 2016 5:45:00 p.m.	Nov. 24, 2015 3:50:00 p.m.	Mar. 26, 2015 10:21 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	X-ray Astronomy Satellite "ASTRO-H"	Telstar 12 VANTAGE	Government Mission
Orbit	Circular	GTO	-
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive	Countdown Report(146KB) Library(114KB)	Countdown Report(135KB) Library(113KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F27	H-IIA F26	H-IIA F25
Launch Date	Feb. 1, 2015 10:21 a.m.	Dec. 3, 2014 1:22:04 p.m.	Oct. 7, 2014 2:16 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Government Mission	Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2"	Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Himawari-8)
Orbit	-	Round trip between Earth and an asteroid	GTO
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive		Countdown Report(141KB) Library(121KB)	Countdown Report(142KB) Library(127KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F24	H-IIA F23	H-IIA F22
Launch Date	May. 24, 2014 12:05 p.m.	Feb. 28, 2014 3:37 a.m.	Jan. 27, 2013 1:40 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2)	Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)	Government Mission
Orbit	Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent orbit	GPM	-
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive	Countdown Report(137KB) Library(121KB)	Countdown Report(147KB) Library(121KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F21	H-IIA F20	H-IIA F19
Launch Date	May 18, 2012 1:39 a.m.	Dec. 12, 2011 10:21 a.m.	Sep. 23, 2011 1:36 p.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3 "Arirang-3" (KOMPSAT-3) Two small satellites	Government Mission	Government Mission
Orbit	SSO	-	-
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive	Countdown Report(893KB) Library(239KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F18	H-IIA F17	H-IIA F16
Launch Date	Sep. 11, 2010 8:17 p.m.	May. 21, 2010 6:58:22 a.m.	Nov. 28, 2009 10:21 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Quasi-Zenith Satellite-1 "MICHIBIKI" (QZS-1)	Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" (PLANET-C) Five Small Satellites	Government Mission
Orbit	Quasi-Zenith Orbit	Venus Transfer Orbit	-
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive	Countdown Report(163KB) Library(116KB)	Countdown Report(149KB) Library(115KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F15	H-IIA F14	H-IIA F13
Launch Date	Jan. 23, 2009 0:54 p.m.	Feb. 23, 2008 5:55 p.m.	Sep. 14, 2007 10:31:01 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	Greenhouse Gas Observation Satellite "Ibuki" (GOSAT) Seven Small Satellites	Wideband Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite "Kizuna" (WINDS)	SELenological and Engineering Explorer "Kaguya" (SELENE)
Orbit	SSO	GTO	Lunar Transfer Orbit
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive	Countdown Report(96KB) Library(115KB)	Countdown Report(295KB) Library(104KB)	Countdown Report(106KB) Library(122KB)

Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F12	H-IIA F11	H-IIA F10
Launch Date	Feb. 24, 2007	Dec. 18, 2006	Sep. 11, 2006
Mission Loaded Payload	Government Mission	Engineering Test Satellite VIII "Kiku No. 8" (ETS-VIII)	Government Mission
Orbit	-	GTO	-
Results	Success	Success	Success

Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F9	H-IIA F8	H-IIA F7
Launch Date	Feb. 18, 2006	Jan. 24, 2006	Feb. 26, 2005
Mission Loaded Payload	Multifunctional Transport Satellite-2 "Himawari No. 7" (MTSAT-2)	Advanced Land Observing Satellite "Daichi" (ALOS)	Multifunctional Transport Satellite-1 Replacement "Himawari No. 6" (MTSAT-1R)
Orbit	GTO	SSO	GTO
Results	Success	Success	Success

Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F6	H-IIA F5	H-IIA F4
Launch Date	Nov. 29, 2003	Mar. 28, 2003	Dec. 14, 2002
Mission Loaded Payload	Government Mission	Government Mission	Advanced Earth Observation Satellite "Midori II" (ADEOS-II) Small Demonstration Satellite "Micro LabSat No. 1" Whale Ecology Observation Satellite "WEOS" Australian Small Satellite "Fed Sat"
Orbit	-	-	SSO
Results	Failed	Success	Success

Launch Vehicle	H-IIA F3	H-IIA F2	H-IIA F1
Launch Date	Sep. 10, 2002	Feb. 4, 2002	Aug. 29, 2001
Mission Loaded Payload	Data Relay Test Satellite "Kodama" (DRTS) Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System "USERS"	Mission Demonstration Test Satellite "Tsubasa" (MDS-1) Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3 "VEP-3" to confirm the performance of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle DASH (High Speed Re-entry Experimental Vehicle)	Laser Ranging Equipment "LRE" Vehicle Evaluation payload 2 "VEP-2" to confirm the performance of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle
Orbit	GTO (DRTS) LEO (USER)	GTO	GTO
Results	Success	Success	Success

SSO: Sun-Synchronous Orbit GTO: Geostationary Transfer Orbit LEO: Low Earth Orbit

H-IIB Launch Records


Launch Vehicle	H-IIB F9	H-IIB F8	H-IIB F7
Launch Date	May. 21, 2020 2:31:00 a.m.	Sep. 25, 2019 1:05:05 a.m.	Sep. 23, 2018 2:52:27 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"9 (HTV9)	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"8 (HTV8)	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"7 (HTV7)
Orbit	ISS	ISS	ISS
Results	Success	Success	Success
Live Reports	Archive	Archive	Archive


Launch Vehicle	H-IIB F6	H-IIB F5	H-IIB F4
Launch Date	December 9, 2016 10:26:47 p.m.	Aug. 19, 2015 8:50:49 p.m.	Aug. 4, 2013 4:48:46 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"6 (HTV6)	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"5 (HTV5)	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"4 (HTV4)
Orbit	ISS	ISS	ISS
Results	Success	Success	Success
Archive	Countdown Report(148KB) Library(112KB)	Countdown Report(141KB) Library(110KB)	Countdown Report(145KB) Library(116KB)


Launch Vehicle	H-IIB F3	H-IIB F2	H-IIB TF1
Launch Date	Jul. 21, 2012 11:06:18 a.m.	Jan. 22, 2011 2:37:57 p.m.	Sep. 11, 2009 2:01:46 a.m.
Mission Loaded Payload	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"3 (HTV3)	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"2 (HTV2)	H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI" (HTV Demonstration Flight)
Orbit	ISS	ISS	ISS
Results	Success	Success	Success

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