Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

H3-30 Test Flight

Success

H3-30

T-minus to liftoff

HOURS

MINUTES

SECONDS

Jun 12, 00:53:59 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleH3-30

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

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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 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites: * PETREL * STARS-X * BRO-22 * VERTECS * HORN-L/R

Launch Timeline

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:03:12

Fairing Separation

T+00:03:34

MECO

T+00:03:42

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:03:54

SES-1

T+00:15:15

SECO-1

T+00:16:16

Payload Deployment Sequence Start

T+00:30:06

Payload Deployment Sequence End

T+01:44:58

SES-2

T+01:45:16

SECO-2

Quick facts

VehicleH3-30

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

SiteTanegashima Space Center, Japan

WindowJun 12, 00:53:59 UTC→Jun 12, 02:52:46 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyH3

Height63 m

Diameter5.27 m

Stages2

ReusableNo

Track record1/1 successful

H3-30 Test Flight

Mission

Launch Timeline

Quick facts

Vehicle

H3-30 Test Flight

Orbital elements (TLE)

Mission

Launch Timeline

Quick facts

Vehicle

Orbital elements (TLE)