H3-30

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

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Description

The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
63.0 m
Diameter
5.27 m
Fairing Diameter
5.27 m
Launch Mass
274.0 T
Thrust
4413.0 kN

Family

Name
H3-30
Family
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Variant
30
Alias
―
Full Name
H3-30

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$50000000
Low Earth Orbit
―
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
2300.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
4000.0 kg

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Commercial

President: Seiji Izumisawa

MHI 1884

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.

Upcoming Spaceflights

H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
TBD June, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

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 and several hitchhiking small satellites to be selected later.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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