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• Japan launches Michibiki 6 navigation satellite with fifth H3 rocket SpaceNews · 2 Feb 2025 HELSINKI — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday, enhancing the country’s regional GPS capabilities. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H3 rocket lifted off...
• Japan launches Kirameki 3 military communications satellite with H3 rocket SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2024 HELSINKI — Japan launched the Kirameki 3 communications satellite for defense purposes early Monday with the fourth flight of the H3 rocket. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H3 rocket lifted
• UAE taps Japan’s MHI for Asteroid Mission Space Scout · 16 Oct 2024 Asteroid exploration is not for the faint of heart, and the latest mission announced in a long line of asteroid
• Japan launches IGS Radar 8 reconnaissance satellite with penultimate H-2A rocket SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2024 HELSINKI — Japan launched the classified IGS-Radar 8 satellite early Thursday with the second-to-last H-2A rocket. A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-2A rocket in a figuration with a pair of
• Eutelsat signs multi-launch agreement for MHI’s H3 rocket SpaceNews · 18 Sep 2024 Eutelsat said Sept. 18 it has signed a contract to use multiple H3 rockets from 2027 in the French fleet operator’s first launch agreement with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
• Europe’s Martian Moon Rover Arrives in Japan European Spaceflight · 26 Feb 2024 A small rover built by DLR and CNES to explore the surface of the Martian moon Phobos has arrived in Japan ahead of a 2026 launch aboard a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket. When it touches down in 2027, it will make...
• Japan Scores Success On Second H3 Launch SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Feb 2024 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries succeeded in launching the new H3 rocket today almost a year after the first attempt failed. H3 will replace Japan’s existing
• Japanese H-IIA set for second launch attempt of X-ray telescope and lunar lander NASASpaceflight · 27 Aug 2023 The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle, as its career is being wound down in favor of the H3, is preparing to fly the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) robotic lunar lander and the X-Ray Imaging an...
• Japan’s maiden launch of H3 rocket fails during second stage flight NASASpaceflight · 6 Mar 2023 JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched – at the second attempt – to maiden launch of the H3 launch vehicle at 01:37 UTC Tuesday. However, the vehicle failed shortly after staging, via an apparent failure to light...
• JAXA and Mitsubishi abort cost-cutting H3 rocket at T0 NASASpaceflight · 16 Feb 2023 JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries planned to debut the H3 launch vehicle early Friday. However, the launch was aborted at T0 when the main engine shut down before the Solid Rocket Boosters were to ignite. For its maid...
• Sierra Space to work with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on commercial space station technologies SpaceNews · 17 Mar 2022 Sierra Space and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have signed an agreement to study collaboration on technologies to support a planned commercial space station.
• MHI launches Inmarsat’s first dual-band satellite SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2021 Inmarsat’s first dual-band telecommunications satellite launched Dec. 22 aboard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-2A rocket.
• Japan launches H-IIA with QZS-1R satellite NASASpaceflight · 25 Oct 2021 Japan’s H-IIA rocket launched on October 26 at 02:19 UTC from LA-Y1 at the Tanegashima Space Center, carrying the QZS-1R satellite. This was 44th launch of the H-IIA rocket for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan A...
• Japan’s H3 rocket awaiting final engine certification for first flight NASASpaceflight · 6 Sep 2021 Japan’s third-generation liquid hydrogen-powered rocket, H3, is nearing closer to its first launch. The H3 rocket is co-developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), su...
• Astroscale and rocket maker MHI team up to develop debris removal technology SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2021 Astroscale announced July 27 that it will be working with rocket maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on technologies to help clean up space junk.
• Japan launches JDRS-1 optical data relay satellite for military, civilian use SpaceNews · 29 Nov 2020 Japan has a new data relay satellite headed for geostationary orbit following successful launch of JDRS-1 on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA rocket Sunday.
• Japan launches joint military, scientific optical data relay satellite NASASpaceflight · 28 Nov 2020 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan plans launched an H-IIA rocket on Sunday, 29 November to deploy a top secret communications satellite to support the country’s reconnaissance and scientific programs.
• MHI pressing through pandemic toward late 2020 H3 rocket debut SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2020