2026 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
H3-30 Test Flight
successH3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight
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
Overview
- Date / time
- June 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Mission
- H3-30 Test Flight
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit