H-II · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

H-IIA 2024

retired

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Specifications

Status: retired
Height: 53 m
Diameter: 4 m
Mass: 347,000 kg
Stages: 2
Payload to GTO: 5,000 kg
First flight: 2002-02-04
Total launches: 7
Success / Fail: 6 / 1

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.

Payloads it launched · 11