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JAXA H3-30 Captive Firing Test 2

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight

JAXA will conduct the second Captive Firing Test (CFT) of the first-stage tank section of the H-3 Rocket No. 6 (Configuration 30 test vehicle)

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H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
June 10, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
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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

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