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H-II·Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

H-II

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
49 m
Diameter
4 m
Mass
260,000 kg
Stages
2
Payload to LEO
10,060 kg
Payload to GTO
3,930 kg
First flight
1994-02-03
Total launches
7
Success / Fail
6 / 1

The H-II rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999 with 5 successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites in the 1990s. It was the first two stage liquid fuelled rocket Japan made using only domestic technologies.

Payloads it launched

11 loaded
KAKEHASHI (COMETS)
MEO
KIKU-7 (ETS-VII)
LEO
TRMM
LEO
ETS-VII TARGET
LEO
JAS-2 (FO-29)
LEO
MIDORI (ADEOS)
LEO
SFU
LEO
HIMAWARI-5 (GMS-5)
GEO
KIKU-6 (ETS-VI)
GEO
VEP
HEO
OREX
LEO