H-IIA, expendable launch system, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, Japan

A Japanese H-IIA rocket has successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center at 08:45 UTC, February 17th 2016 carrying the ASTRO-H payload into orbit. ASTRO-H is an X-ray astronomy payload satellite commissioned by JAXA for studying extremely energetic processes in the universe.

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The H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 6 (H-IIB F6) launched the H-II Transfer Vehicle 6 “KOUNOTORI6” (HTV-6) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan, on 9 December 2016, at 13:26 UTC (22:26 JST). The unpiloted cargo spacecraft Kounotori 6 is loaded with more than 4.5 tons of supplies for the International Space Station. HTV-6 will approach the station after a four-day flight.

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H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 35 (H-IIA F35 / H2A204 rocket) launched the third Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-3 or MICHIBIKI No. 3/みちびき3号機) from Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan, on 19 August 2017, at 05:29 UTC (14:29 Japan Standard Time). Quasi-zenith Satellite System (QZSS - 準天頂衛星システム 静止軌道衛星) is a constellation of Japan’s geographic positioning satellites that significantly improve the accuracy of positioning in areas where GPS signals are not fully received due to interference caused by skyscrapers and mountainous terrain. The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 35 frame configuration is a H2A204 launch vehicle utilizing four SRB-As, because QZS-3 has a launch mass of 4,700 kilograms, around 700 kilograms more than QZS-2.

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 40 (H-IIA F40) launched GOSAT-2 and KhalifaSat from Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan, on 29 October 2018 at 04:08 UTC (13:08 local time). GOSAT-2 or IBUKI-2 (いぶき2号) is JAXA's Second Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite and KhalifaSat (خليفة سات) is a remote sensing Earth observation satellite, developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA F43 launch vehicle launched the JDRS-1 satellite from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 29 November 2020, at 07:25 UTC (16:25 Japan Standard Time - JST). JDRS-1 (データ中継衛星1号機, Data Relay Satellite No. 1) is an optical data relay satellite designed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), part of the Japanese Data Relay System (JDRS) and the first of the “Optical Intersatellite Communication System” (LUCAS).

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 45 (H-IIA F45) launched the Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 22 December 2021, at 15:32 UTC (23 December, at 00:32 JST). Inmarsat-6 F1 is the first satellite in Inmarsat’s sixth series of communications satellites.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 46 (H-IIA F46) launched IGS Radar-7 from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 26 January 2023, at 01:49:20 UTC (10:49:20 JST). The Information Gathering Satellite (情報収集衛星, IGS) Radar-7 is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite. According to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the satellite was successfully deployed into the planned orbit.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 (H-IIA F47) launched the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 6 September 2023, at 23:42:11 UTC (7 September, at 08:42:11 JST).
Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
H-IIA F47 launches XRISM and SLIM

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 48 (H-IIA F48) launched IGS Optical-8 (情報収集衛星光学8号機) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 12 January 2024, at 04:44:26 UTC (13:44:26 JST). The Information Gathering Satellite (情報収集衛星, IGS) Optical-8 (光学8) is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite.
Credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries/(c)nvs-live.com

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