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H-II · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

H-IIA 2022

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
53 m
Diameter
4 m
Mass
316,000 kg
Stages
2
Payload to GTO
4,500 kg
First flight
2005-02-26
Total launches
3
Success / Fail
3 / 0

The H-IIA rocket family is an expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid fuelled rocket has been used to launch satellites, lunar spacecraft and planetary science craft.

Propulsion

First stage

LE-7A870 kN
LH2 / LOX · staged-combustion
Mitsubishi / IHIIsp 440s (vac)since 2001

Second stage

LE-5B137 kN
LH2 / LOX · expander-bleed
MitsubishiIsp 447s (vac)since 2001

Payloads it launched · 5

KAGUYA (SELENE)
Lunar
OKINA (RELAY)
Lunar
OUNA (VRAD)
Lunar
ALOS (DAICHI)
LEO
HIMAWARI-6 (MTSAT-1R)
GEO