H3 (rocket)
Date and time ( UTC ) Type Payload ( s ) Outcome
2020 ( TBD ) H3-22S ALOS-3 Planned
2021 ( TBD ) H3 ALOS-4 Planned
2022 ( TBD ) H3-24L HTV-X 1 Planned
2022 ( TBD ) H3 DSN-3 Planned
2022 ( TBD ) H3 Inmarsat Planned
2023 ( TBD ) H3 ETS-IX Planned
2023 ( TBD ) H3-24L HTV-X 2 Planned
2023 ( TBD ) H3 QZS-5 Planned
2023 ( TBD ) H3 QZS-6 Planned
2023 ( TBD ) H3 QZS-7 Planned
2024 ( TBD ) H3-24L MMX Planned
2025 ( TBD ) H3 LiteBIRD Planned
( TBD ) H3 IGS -Optical 9 Planned
( TBD ) H3 IGS Planned
( TBD ) H3 IGS Planned
( TBD ) H3 IGS Planned
Planned launches
The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA are responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3. , the minimum configuration is to carry a payload of up to 4 tonnes into sun-synchronous orbit for about 5 billion yen, and the maximum configuration is to carry more than 6.5 tonnes into geostationary transfer orbit. The H3-24 variant will deliver more than 6 tonnes of payload to lunar transfer orbit. The first H3 without solid-rocket boosters is planned to launch in fiscal year 2020, and with boosters in FY2021.