Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · Japan

H3

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Payload LEO
16,500 kg
Payload SSO
4,000 kg
Payload GTO
6,500 kg

Assessment

Japan's new standard launch vehicle, developed with JAXA as the successor to the H-IIA; purely cargo/satellite transport (no crew), launching among others the HTV-X cargo transporter to the ISS.

Technical data

Height63 m
Diameter5.3 m
Liftoff mass574 t
Liftoff thrust11,576 kN
Stages2
PropellantLOX/LH2 (+ solid boosters SRB-3)
ReusabilityExpendable
First flight2023
Lead time

Provider launch sites

Tanegashima Space Center – Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2 (LA-Y2)

Price

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