H-IIA
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H-IIA is a retired Japanese expendable launch system that was developed and operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in collaboration with JAXA. It was primarily used to launch satellites into geostati
H-IIA rolls out to the launch pad, February 2014
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H3 (rocket)
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The H3 is a Japanese medium-lift launch vehicle developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. A hydrolox-fuelled rocket, it is the successor to the H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicles. The H3 uses th
H-IIA
…in 2025. A derivative design, the H-IIB, was introduced in 2009 and retired in 2020. The H-II series of launch vehicles have been succeeded by the H3 rocket, which conducted its first flight in March 2023. The H-IIA had two-stage core powered by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, and various configurations…
Launch of a H3 rocket carrying the QZS-6 satellite on 2 February 2025