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H3-30 Test Flight
SUCCESS
12 JUN 2026, 00:53 UTC
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Launch record
Outcome
Success
Launched 12 Jun 2026, 00:53 UTC
Launch time
00:53 UTC
12 Jun 2026
Status
Success
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Window
00:53 UTC–02:52
UTC
Launch provider
Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesRocket
H3-30Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2Location
Tanegashima Space Center, JapanMission type
Test FlightOrbit
Sun-Synchronous OrbitOrbital launch of the year
#137Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launch of the year
#1Launch from this pad
#17Mission
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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