H3
ActiveMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
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Description
The H3 Launch Vehicle is a Japanese expendable launch system. 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.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
63.0 m -
Diameter
5.27 m -
Fairing Diameter
5.27 m -
Launch Mass
574.0 T -
Thrust
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Family
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Name
H3 -
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
H3
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
$50000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
6500.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Commercial
President: Seiji Izumisawa
MHI 1884Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
Upcoming Spaceflights
H3 | Mid-Inclination Rideshare
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Dedicated ride-share launch of multiple satellites for various customers: * 3 x QPS-SAR Earth observation radar satellites for iQPS * 2 x StriX Earth observation radar satellites for Synspective * ElevationSpace's ELS-R2 free-flying/returnable experiment hosting spacecraft * Other TBD ride-share satellites to be manifested by Exolaunch
Low Earth OrbitH3 | MBR Explorer
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
An United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) planetary mission to visit main belt asteroids. Named after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the spacecraft will fly by six main belt asteroids between 2030 and 2033 before rendezvousing on a seventh, Justitia, in 2034, later deploying a lander.
AsteroidFlight Record
No spaceflights found for .
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