H3-30 Test Flight

H3-30 Test Flight launched on H3-30 (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, Fri, 12 Jun 2026, 00:53 UTC. Result: Launch Successful.

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

Rocket
H3-30
Provider
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Status
Launch Successful
Mission type
Test Flight

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