List of H-II series and H3 launches

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

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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

Launch sites

1
2
3
4
5
6
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
  •   Yoshinobu Launch Complex 1
  •   Yoshinobu Launch Complex 2

Launch outcomes

1
2
3
4
5
6
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
  •   Success
  •   Partial failure
  •   Failure
  •   Planned

Launch history

1994-1999

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
TF1 (Test Flight) February 3, 1994
22:20
H-II LA-Y1, Tanegashima OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment), VEP (Vehicle Evaluation Payload) LEO / GTO Success
Ryūsei, Myōjō
TF2 August 28, 1994
07:50
H-II LA-Y1, Tanegashima ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite-VI) GEO Success
Kiku 6
TF3 March 18, 1995
08:01
H-II LA-Y1, Tanegashima GMS-5 (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5) / SFU (Space Flyer Unit) GEO / LEO Success
Himawari 5
F4 August 17, 1996
01:53
H-II LA-Y1, Tanegashima ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji OSCAR 29, JAS-2 LEO Success
Midori, Fuji 3
F6 November 27, 1997
21:27
H-II LA-Y1, Tanegashima TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII) LEO Success
Kiku 7 (Orihime & Hikoboshi)
F5 February 21, 1998
07:55
H-II LA-Y1, Tanegashima 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.
F8 November 15, 1999
07:29
H-II LA-Y1, Tanegashima 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 s. The vehicle impacted the ocean 380 km NW of Chichi-jima.

2001

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
TF1 August 29, 2001
07:00:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima VEP 2 / LRE Success

2002

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
TF2 February 4, 2002
02:45:00
H-IIA 2024 LA-Y1, Tanegashima VEP 3 / MDS-1 (Tsubasa) / DASH Success
F3 September 10, 2002
08:20:00
H-IIA 2024 LA-Y1, Tanegashima USERS / DRTS (Kodama) Success
F4 December 14, 2002
01:31:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima ADEOS 2 (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1 Success

2003

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F5 March 28, 2003
01:27:00
H-IIA 2024 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1 Success
F6 November 29, 2003
04:33:00
H-IIA 2024 LA-Y1, Tanegashima 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

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F7 February 26, 2005
09:25:00
H-IIA 2022 LA-Y1, Tanegashima MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6) Success

2006

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F8 January 24, 2006
01:33:00
H-IIA 2022 LA-Y1, Tanegashima ALOS (Daichi) Success
F9 February 18, 2006
06:27:00
H-IIA 2024 LA-Y1, Tanegashima MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) Success
F10 September 11, 2006
04:35:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Optical 2 Success
F11 December 18, 2006
06:32:00
H-IIA 204 LA-Y1, Tanegashima ETS-VIII (Kiku 8)[2] GTO Success

2007

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F12 February 24, 2007
04:41:00
H-IIA 2024 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V Success
F13 September 14, 2007
01:31:01
H-IIA 2022 LA-Y1, Tanegashima SELENE (Kaguya) Success

2008

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F14 February 23, 2008
08:55:00
H-IIA 2024 LA-Y1, Tanegashima WINDS (Kizuna) Success

2009

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F15 January 23, 2009
03:54:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima GOSAT (Ibuki) / SDS-1 / STARS (Kūkai) / KKS-1 (Kiseki) / PRISM (Hitomi) / Sohla-1 (Maido 1) / SORUNSAT-1 (Kagayaki) / SPRITE-SAT (Raijin) Success[3]
TF1 10 September 2009
17:01:46
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-1 Success
First flight of H-IIB
F16 November 28, 2009
01:21:00 [4]
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Optical 3 Success

2010

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F17 May 20, 2010
21:58:22[5][6][7]
H-IIA 202[8] LA-Y1, Tanegashima PLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″ Success
F18 September 11, 2010
11:17:00[9]
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima QZS-1 (Michibiki) Success

2011

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F2 22 January 2011
05:37:57
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-2 (Kounotori 2) Success
F19 September 23, 2011
04:36:50[10]
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Optical 4 Success
F20 December 12, 2011
01:21:00[11]
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Radar 3 Success

2012

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F21 May 17, 2012
16:39:00
H-IIA 202[12] LA-Y1, Tanegashima GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2 Success
F3 21 July 2012
02:06:18
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-3 (Kounotori 3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1 Success
CubeSats carried aboard HTV, on 4 October 2012 deployed from the ISS

2013

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F22 January 27, 2013
04:40:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V Success
F4 3 August 2013
19:48:46
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-4 (Kounotori 4) / Pico Dragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3 Success
CubeSats carried aboard HTV for deployment from the ISS

2014

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F23 February 27, 2014
18:37:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2 Success
F24 May 24, 2014
03:05:14
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / RISING-2 / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT Success
F25 October 7, 2014
05:16:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima Himawari 8 Success
F26 December 3, 2014
04:22:04
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON Success

2015

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F27 February 1, 2015
01:21:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Radar Spare Success
F28 March 26, 2015
01:21:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Optical 5 Success
F5 19 August 2015
11:50:49
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-5 (Kounotori 5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5 Success
CubeSats carried aboard HTV for deployment from the ISS
F29 November 24, 2015
06:50:00
H-IIA 204 LA-Y1, Tanegashima Telstar 12 Vantage[2] GTO Success

2016

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F30 February 17, 2016
08:45:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima ASTRO-H (Hitomi) / ChubuSat-2 (Kinshachi 2) / ChubuSat-3 (Kinshachi 3) / Horyu-4 Success
The Hitomi telescope broke apart 37 days after launch.[13]
F31 November 2, 2016
06:20:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima Himawari 9 Success
F6 9 December 2016
13:26:47
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-6 (Kounotori 6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3 Success
CubeSats carried aboard HTV for deployment from the ISS

2017

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F32 January 24, 2017
07:44:00
H-IIA 204 LA-Y1, Tanegashima DSN-2 (Kirameki 2)[2] GTO Success
F33 March 17, 2017
01:20:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Radar 5 Success
F34 June 1, 2017
00:17:46
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima QZS-2 (Michibiki 2) Success
F35 August 19, 2017
05:29:00
H-IIA 204 LA-Y1, Tanegashima QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) [2] GTO Success
F36 October 9, 2017
22:01:37
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima QZS-4 (Michibiki 4) Success
F37 December 23, 2017
01:26:22
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame) Success

2018

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F38 February 27, 2018
04:34:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Optical 6 Success
F39 June 12, 2018
04:20:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Radar 6 Success
F7 September 22, 2018
17:52:27
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-7 (Kounotori 7) / SPATIUM-I /RSP-00/ STARS-Me Success
CubeSats carried aboard HTV for deployment from the ISS
F40 October 29, 2018
04:08:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube) Success

2019

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F8 September 24, 2019
16:05:05
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV 8 (Kounotori 8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1 Success
CubeSats carried aboard HTV for deployment from the ISS

2020

Flight № Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F41 February 9, 2020
01:34:00
H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima IGS-Optical 7 Success
F9 20 May 2020
17:31:00
H-IIB LA-Y2, Tanegashima HTV-9 Success
Kounotori 9 HTV launch to the ISS. The last launch of both the carrier rocket and vehicle, awaiting new fleet of HTV-X and H3.

Planned launches

Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
July 14, 2020 20:51:27[14] H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex Mars Hope
2020 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex JDRS
2020 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex IGS-Data Relay 1
2020 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex ALOS-3
2020 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex QZS-1R
2020 H-IIA 204 Yoshinobu Launch Complex Inmarsat-6 F1
2021 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex XRISM / SLIM
2022 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex IGS-Radar 7
2023 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex IGS-Optical 8
2023 H-IIA 202 Yoshinobu Launch Complex IGS-Radar 8
Final flight of H2A, and H2 family as a whole

Sources: Gunter's Space Page[15] and Japanese Cabinet[16]

References

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