Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: Commercial (Japan), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

43Orbital launches

47All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

2Satellites built

13Rockets / spacecraft

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a commercial company based in Japan, founded in 1884. Our records show 43 orbital launches and 13 rockets or spacecraft.

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Sources disagree.
Founding year: Launch Library 2 says 1884; GCAT (J. McDowell) says 1964; Wikidata says 1934
We show the value from the most detailed source and flag the difference instead of guessing.

Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
H-IIA	Rocket	Retired	2001	35	10,000 kg
H-1	Rocket	Retired	1986	9	3,200 kg
H-IIB	Rocket	Retired	2009	9	16,500 kg
N-2	Rocket	Retired	1981	8	2,000 kg
H-II	Rocket	Retired	1994	7 (1 failed)	10,060 kg
H-IIA	Rocket	Retired	2002	7 (1 failed)
H3-22	Rocket	Active	2023	7 (2 failed)
N-I	Rocket	Retired	1975	7 (1 failed)	1,200 kg
H-IIA	Rocket	Retired	2006	5
H-IIA	Rocket	Retired	2005	3
H3-24	Rocket	Active	2025	2
H3-30	Rocket	Active	2026	1
H3	Rocket	Active		0

Activity

Orbital launches per year

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Last 15 years. Peak: 6 launches in one year.

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
28 Jun 2025	GOSAT-GW	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
26 Sep 2024	IGS R-8	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
12 Jan 2024	IGS O-8	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
6 Sep 2023	XRISM/SLIM	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
26 Jan 2023	IGS R-7	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
22 Dec 2021	Inmarsat 6F1	H-IIA 204	TNSC	Success
26 Oct 2021	QZSS 1R	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
29 Nov 2020	Deta Chukei Eisei 1	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
19 Jul 2020	Hope Probe	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
20 May 2020	HTV 9	H-IIB	TNSC	Success
9 Feb 2020	IGS O-7	H-IIA 202	TNSC	Success
24 Sep 2019	HTV 8	H-IIB	TNSC	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

Japan launches Michibiki 6 navigation satellite with fifth H3 rocket SpaceNews · 2 Feb 2025
Japan launches Kirameki 3 military communications satellite with H3 rocket SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2024
UAE taps Japan’s MHI for Asteroid Mission Space Scout · 16 Oct 2024
Japan launches IGS Radar 8 reconnaissance satellite with penultimate H-2A rocket SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2024
Eutelsat signs multi-launch agreement for MHI’s H3 rocket SpaceNews · 18 Sep 2024
Europe’s Martian Moon Rover Arrives in Japan European Spaceflight · 26 Feb 2024
Japan Scores Success On Second H3 Launch SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Feb 2024
Japanese H-IIA set for second launch attempt of X-ray telescope and lunar lander NASASpaceflight · 27 Aug 2023
Japan’s maiden launch of H3 rocket fails during second stage flight NASASpaceflight · 6 Mar 2023
JAXA and Mitsubishi abort cost-cutting H3 rocket at T0 NASASpaceflight · 16 Feb 2023

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 3 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell) · Wikidata (Q648280 )
Verification status: cross-checked across sources, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.