List of H-II series launches

Comparison of H-II series of rockets. From left: H‑II, H‑IIA 202, and H‑IIB

This is a list of launches made by JAXA using H-II series of rockets which also includes the H-IIA and H-IIB. The H-II series was Japan's first medium-lift, liquid-propellant rockets produced using only technologies developed domestically.

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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2
3
4
5
6
1994
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
  •   H-II
  •   H-IIA
  •   H-IIB

Launch sites

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2
3
4
5
6
1994
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
  •   LA-Y1
  •   LA-Y2

Launch outcomes

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2
3
4
5
6
1994
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
  •   Success
  •   Partial failure
  •   Failure
  •   Planned

Launch history

Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome
TF1 3 February 1994
22:20		 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-1 / OREX LEO / GTO Success
Carried Vehicle Evaluation Payload 1 (VEP-1), a mass simulator nicknamed Myōjō and the Orbital Re-Entry EXperiment (OREX), nicknamed Ryūse.
TF2 28 August 1994
07:50		 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VI GEO Success
Carried Engineering Test Satellite-VI (ETS-VI), nicknamed Kiku 6.
TF3 18 March 1995
08:01		 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 (GMS-5) / Space Flyer Unit (SFU) GEO / LEO Success
Himawari 5
F4 17 August 1996
01:53		 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS I (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji-OSCAR 29, JAS-2 LEO Success
Midori and Fuji 3
F6 27 November 1997
21:27		 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII) LEO Success
Orihime and Kiku 7 (Hikoboshi)
F5 21 February 1998
07:55		 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellites) GEO Partial failure
Kakehashi, Faulty brazing in second-stage engine cooling system caused engine burn through and cable damage resulting in shutdown midway through the upper stage's second burn, leaving spacecraft in elliptical LEO instead of GTO. Spacecraft thrusters raised orbit enough to complete some communications experiments.
F8 15 November 1999
07:29		 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite) GEO Failure
Cavitation in the first stage hydrogen turbopump impeller caused an impeller blade to fracture, resulting in loss of fuel and rapid shutdown of the engine at T+239 seconds. The vehicle impacted the ocean 380 km at the northwest of Chichijima.
Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome
TF1 29 August 2001
07:00:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-2 (mass simulator) Success
Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2 / LRE
TF2 4 February 2002
02:45:00		 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-3 (mass simulator) / MDS-1 Success
Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3 / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (Tsubasa) / DASH
F3 10 September 2002
08:20:00		 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 USERS / DRTS (Kodama) Success
F4 14 December 2002
01:31:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS II (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1 Success
F5 28 March 2003
01:27:00		 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1 Success
F6 29 November 2003
04:33:00		 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 2 / IGS-Radar 2 Failure
A hot gas leak from one SRB-A motor destroyed its separation system. The strap-on did not separate as planned, and the weight of the spent motor prevented the vehicle from achieving its planned height.[1]
Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome
F7 26 February 2005
09:25:00		 H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6) Success
F8 24 January 2006
01:33:00		 H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS (Daichi) Success
F9 18 February 2006
06:27:00		 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) Success
F10 11 September 2006
04:35:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 2 Success
F11 18 December 2006
06:32:00		 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) [2] GTO Success
F12 24 February 2007
04:41:00		 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V Success
F13 14 September 2007
01:31:01		 H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 SELENE (Kaguya) Success
F14 23 February 2008
08:55:00		 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 WINDS (Kizuna) Success
F15 23 January 2009
03:54:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT (Ibuki) / SDS-1 / STARS (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite) (Kūkai) / KKS-1 (Kiseki) / PRISM (Hitomi) / Sohla-1 (Maido 1) / SORUNSAT-1 (Kagayaki) / SPRITE-SAT (Raijin) Success [3]
F1 10 September 2009
17:01:46		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 HTV-1 Success
First flight of H-IIB
F16 28 November 2009
01:21:00 [4]		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 3 Success
Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome
F17 20 May 2010
21:58:22 [5][6][7]		 H-IIA 202 [8] Tanegashima, LA-Y1 PLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″ Success
F18 11 September 2010
11:17:00 [9]		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1 (Michibiki) Success
F2 22 January 2011
05:37:57		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 2 (HTV-2) Success
F19 23 September 2011
04:36:50 [10]		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 4 Success
F20 12 December 2011
01:21:00 [11]		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 3 Success
F21 17 May 2012
16:39:00		 H-IIA 202 [12] Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2 Success
F3 21 July 2012
02:06:18		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1 Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 3, deployed on 4 October 2012 from the ISS.
F22 27 January 2013
04:40:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V Success
F4 3 August 2013
19:48:46		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) / PicoDragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3 Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 4 for deployment from the ISS.
F23 27 February 2014
18:37:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2 Success
F24 24 May 2014
03:05:14		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / Raijin-2 (Rising-2) / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT Success
F25 7 October 2014
05:16:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 8 Success
F26 3 December 2014
04:22:04		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON Success
Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome
F27 1 February 2015
01:21:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar Spare Success
F28 26 March 2015
01:21:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 5 Success
F5 19 August 2015
11:50:49		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5 LEO (ISS) Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS.
F29 24 November 2015
06:50:00		 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Telstar 12 Vantage[2] GTO Success
F30 17 February 2016
08:45:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ASTRO-H (Hitomi) / ChubuSat-2 (Kinshachi 2) / ChubuSat-3 (Kinshachi 3) / Horyu-4 Success
The Hitomi telescope broke apart 37 days after launch.[13]
F31 2 November 2016
06:20:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 9 Success
F6 9 December 2016
13:26:47		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3 LEO (ISS) Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 6 for deployment from the ISS.
F32 24 January 2017
07:44:00		 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) [2] GTO Success
F33 17 March 2017
01:20:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 5 Success
F34 1 June 2017
00:17:46		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-2 (Michibiki 2) Success
F35 19 August 2017
05:29:00		 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) [2] GTO Success
F36 9 October 2017
22:01:37		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-4 (Michibiki 4) Success
F37 23 December 2017
01:26:22		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame) Success
F38 27 February 2018
04:34:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 6 Success
F39 12 June 2018
04:20:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 6 Success
F7 22 September 2018
17:52:27		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) / SPATIUM-I / RSP-00 / STARS-Me LEO (ISS) Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 7 for deployment from the ISS.
F40 29 October 2018
04:08:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube) Success
F8 24 September 2019
16:05:05		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1 LEO (ISS) Success
CubeSats carried aboard of Kounotori 8 for deployment from the ISS.
Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome
F41 9 February 2020
01:34:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 7 Success
F9 20 May 2020
17:31:00		 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 9 (HTV-9) LEO (ISS) Success
Kounotori 9 launch to the ISS. The last launch of both the launch vehicle and vehicle, awaiting new fleet of HTV-X and H3.
F42 19 July 2020
21:58:14		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Emirates Mars Mission 1350 kg Heliocentric Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Success
Emirates Mars Mission launched to planet Mars.
F43 29 November 2020
07:25:00		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 JDRS/LUCAS GTO Success
F44 26 October 2021
02:19:37		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1R about 4t IGSO Cabinet Office Success
Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1).
F45 22 December 2021
15:32:00		 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Inmarsat-6 F1 5,470 kg GTO (supersynchronous) Inmarsat Success
Final flight of H-IIA 204.
F46 26 January 2023
01:50:21		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 7 SSO CIRO Success
F47 6 September 2023
23:42:11		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 XRISM / SLIM 3,015 kg LEO / Selenocentric JAXA / NASA Success
F48 12 January 2024
04:44:26		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 8 SSO CIRO Success
F49 26 September 2024
05:24:20		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 8 SSO CIRO Success
F50 28 June 2025
16:33		 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT-GW 2,600 kg SSO JAXA Success
Final flight of H-IIA 202, and H-II family as a whole.

References

  1. ↑ "Launch Result of IGS #2/H-IIA F6". JAXA. 29 November 2003. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Space Launch Report: H-IIA/B Data Sheet, Retrieved 20 February 2019
  3. ↑ "Launch Result of the IBUKI (GOSAT) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15". MHI and JAXA. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "H-IIA F16". Sorae. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Launch Day of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17". JAXA. 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Overview of Secondary Payloads". JAXA.
  7. ↑ Malik, Tariq (18 May 2010). "New Venus Probe to Launch Thursday From Japan After". Space.com. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Bergin, Chris (17 May 2010). "JAXA launch H-IIA carrying AKATSUKI and IKAROS scrubbed". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "New Launch Day of the First Quasi-Zenith Satellite 'MICHIBIKI' by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18". JAXA.
  10. ↑ Bergin, Chris (23 September 2011). "Japanese H-2A launches with new IGS military satellite". NASASpaceflight.
  11. ↑ Bergin, Chris (11 December 2011). "Japanese H-2A lofts IGS (Radar-3) satellite into orbit". NASASpaceflight.
  12. ↑ "Launch Overview – H-IIA Launch Services Flight No.21". Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  13. ↑ Clark, Stephen (18 April 2016). "Attitude control failures led to break-up of Japanese astronomy satellite". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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