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

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2

3

4

5

6

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

•   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 No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
TF1 (Test Flight 1)	3 February 1994 22:20	H-II	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment) / VEP (Vehicle Evaluation Payload)	LEO / GTO			Success
	Ryūsei and Myōjō
TF2 (Test Flight 2)	28 August 1994 07:50	H-II	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite-VI)		GEO		Success
	Kiku 6
TF3 (Test Flight 3)	18 March 1995 08:01	H-II	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 (GMS-5) / Space Flyer Unit (SFU)		GEO / LEO		Success
	Himawari 5
F4	17 August 1996 01:53	H-II	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	ADEOS I (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji-OSCAR 29, JAS-2		LEO		Success
	Midori and Fuji 3
F6	27 November 1997 21:27	H-II	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII)		LEO		Success
	Orihime and Kiku 7 (Hikoboshi)
F5	21 February 1998 07:55	H-II	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	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	15 November 1999 07:29	H-II	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	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 seconds. The vehicle impacted the ocean 380 km at the northwest of Chichijima.
2001
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
TF1 (Test Flight 1)	29 August 2001 07:00:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	VEP 2 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2) / LRE				Success
2002
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
TF2 (Test Flight 2)	4 February 2002 02:45:00	H-IIA 2024	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	VEP 3 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3) / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (MDS-1) (Tsubasa) / DASH				Success
F3	10 September 2002 08:20:00	H-IIA 2024	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	USERS / DRTS (Kodama)				Success
F4	14 December 2002 01:31:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	ADEOS II (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1				Success
2003
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F5	28 March 2003 01:27:00	H-IIA 2024	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1				Success
F6	29 November 2003 04:33:00	H-IIA 2024	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical (2nd) / IGS-Radar (2nd)				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 No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F7	26 February 2005 09:25:00	H-IIA 2022	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6)				Success
2006
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F8	24 January 2006 01:33:00	H-IIA 2022	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	ALOS (Daichi)				Success
F9	18 February 2006 06:27:00	H-IIA 2024	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7)				Success
F10	11 September 2006 04:35:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 2				Success
F11	18 December 2006 06:32:00	H-IIA 204	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) [2]		GTO		Success
2007
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F12	24 February 2007 04:41:00	H-IIA 2024	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V				Success
F13	14 September 2007 01:31:01	H-IIA 2022	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	SELENE (Kaguya)				Success
2008
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F14	23 February 2008 08:55:00	H-IIA 2024	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	WINDS (Kizuna)				Success
2009
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F15	23 January 2009 03:54:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	GOSAT (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)				Success [3]
F1	10 September 2009 17:01:46	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	HTV-1				Success
	First flight of H-IIB
F16	28 November 2009 01:21:00 [4]	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 3				Success
2010
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F17	20 May 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	11 September 2010 11:17:00 [9]	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	QZS-1 (Michibiki)				Success
2011
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F2	22 January 2011 05:37:57	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 2 (HTV-2)				Success
F19	23 September 2011 04:36:50 [10]	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 4				Success
F20	12 December 2011 01:21:00 [11]	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar 3				Success
2012
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F21	17 May 2012 16:39:00	H-IIA 202 [12]	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2				Success
F3	21 July 2012 02:06:18	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1				Success
	CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 3, deployed on 4 October 2012 from the ISS.
2013
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F22	27 January 2013 04:40:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V				Success
F4	3 August 2013 19:48:46	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) / PicoDragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3				Success
	CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 4 for deployment from the ISS.
2014
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F23	27 February 2014 18:37:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2				Success
F24	24 May 2014 03:05:14	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / Raijin-2 (Rising-2) / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT				Success
F25	7 October 2014 05:16:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	Himawari 8				Success
F26	3 December 2014 04:22:04	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON				Success
2015
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F27	1 February 2015 01:21:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar Spare				Success
F28	26 March 2015 01:21:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 5				Success
F5	19 August 2015 11:50:49	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5				Success
	CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS.
F29	24 November 2015 06:50:00	H-IIA 204	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	Telstar 12 Vantage[2]		GTO		Success
2016
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F30	17 February 2016 08:45:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	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	2 November 2016 06:20:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	Himawari 9				Success
F6	9 December 2016 13:26:47	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3				Success
	CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 6 for deployment from the ISS.
2017
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F32	24 January 2017 07:44:00	H-IIA 204	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) [2]		GTO		Success
F33	17 March 2017 01:20:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar 5				Success
F34	1 June 2017 00:17:46	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	QZS-2 (Michibiki 2)				Success
F35	19 August 2017 05:29:00	H-IIA 204	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) [2]		GTO		Success
F36	9 October 2017 22:01:37	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	QZS-4 (Michibiki 4)				Success
F37	23 December 2017 01:26:22	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame)				Success
2018
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F38	27 February 2018 04:34:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 6				Success
F39	12 June 2018 04:20:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar 6				Success
F7	22 September 2018 17:52:27	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) / SPATIUM-I / RSP-00 / STARS-Me				Success
	CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 7 for deployment from the ISS.
F40	29 October 2018 04:08:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube)				Success
2019
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F8	24 September 2019 16:05:05	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1				Success
	CubeSats carried aboard of Kounotori 8 for deployment from the ISS.
2020
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F41	9 February 2020 01:34:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 7				Success
F9	20 May 2020 17:31:00	H-IIB	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)				Success
	Kounotori 9 launch to the ISS. The last launch of both the launch vehicle and vehicle, awaiting new fleet of HTV-X and H3.
F42	19 July 2020 21:58:14	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	Emirates Mars Mission	1350 kg	Heliocentric	Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre	Success
	Emirates Mars Mission launched to planet Mars.
F43	29 November 2020 07:25:00	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	JDRS/LUCAS		GTO		Success
2021
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F44	26 October 2021 02:19:37	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	QZS-1R	about 4t	IGSO	Cabinet Office	Success
	Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1).
F45	22 December 2021 15:32:00	H-IIA 204	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	Inmarsat-6 F1	5,470 kg	GTO (supersynchronous)	Inmarsat	Success
	Final flight of H-IIA 204.
2023
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F46	26 January 2023 01:50:21	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar 7		SSO	CIRO	Success
TF1 (Test Flight 1)	7 March 2023 01:37:55	H3-22S	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	ALOS-3	3,000 kg	SSO	JAXA	Failure
	First H3 flight. Second stage ignition failed, leading to flight termination.
F47	6 September 2023 23:42:11	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	XRISM / SLIM	3,015 kg	LEO / Selenocentric	JAXA / NASA	Success
2024
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F48	12 January 2024 04:44:26	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Optical 8		SSO	CIRO	Success
TF2 (Test Flight 2)	17 February 2024 00:22:55	H3-22S	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	VEP-4 (Mass simulator), CE-SAT-1E, TIRSAT	2,675 kg	SSO	JAXA	Success
	Second H3 test flight and first launch success.
F3	1 July 2024 03:06	H3-22S	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	ALOS-4	2,990 kg	SSO	JAXA	Success
F49	26 September 2024 05:24:20	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	IGS-Radar 8		SSO	CIRO	Success
F4	4 November 2024 06:48[14]	H3-22S	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	DSN-3		GTO	DSN / JDSF	Success
2025
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
F5	2 February 2025 08:30	H3-22S	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	QZS-6	4,900 kg	GTO	CAO	Success
F50	28 June 2025 16:33	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima, LA-Y1	GOSAT-GW	2,600 kg	SSO	JAXA	Success
	Final flight of H-IIA 202, and H-II family as a whole.

Planned launches

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site / Pad	Payload	Orbit	Customer
2025[14]	H3-30S	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	VEP-5 (Mass Simulator), PETREL, STARS-X, VERTECS, BRO, HORN L, R	LEO	JAXA and others
	Flight 6.
2025[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	QZS-5	GTO	JAXA
2025[14]	H3-24L	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	HTV-X1	LEO (ISS)	JAXA
	First HTV-X resupply mission.
2025[14][15]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	QZS-7	GTO	JAXA
2025[14][16]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	ETS-9 (Kiku-9)	GEO	JAXA / NICT
2026[14]	H3-24L	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	HTV-X2	LEO (ISS)	JAXA
2026[14]	H3-24L	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	HTV-X3	LEO (ISS)	JAXA
2026[17]	H3-24L	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	MMX	Areocentric	JAXA
2026[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Optical Diversification 1	SSO	CIRO
	First of a new generation of IGS-Optical satellites.
2027[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Optical 9	SSO	CIRO
2027[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Optical Diversification 2	SSO	CIRO
2027	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	JDRS-2	GEO	CIRO / JAXA
2028[14][18]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Himawari 10	GEO	JMA
2029[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Radar Diversification 1	SSO	CIRO
	First of a new generation of IGS-Radar satellites.
2029[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Optical 10	SSO	CIRO
2030[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Radar Diversification 2	SSO	CIRO
2031[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Radar 9	SSO	CIRO
2032[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Optical Diversification Successor	SSO	CIRO
2032[19][20]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	LiteBIRD	Sun–Earth L2	JAXA
2033[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Radar 10	SSO	CIRO
2033[14]	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	IGS-Optical 11	SSO	CIRO
TBD	H3	Tanegashima, LA-Y2	Inmarsat TBA	GEO	Inmarsat
	First commercial customer to launch on H3.[21]

Sources: Gunter's Space Page^[22][23] and Cabinet Office of Japan^[14]