H3 | Mid-Inclination Rideshare

Dedicated Rideshare

Time to liftoff

Targeting 2027

Target Window

2027

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Year

— Mission

Mid-Inclination Rideshare

Low Earth Orbit· LEO

Dedicated ride-share launch of multiple satellites for various customers: * 3 x QPS-SAR Earth observation radar satellites for iQPS * 2 x StriX Earth observation radar satellites for Synspective * ElevationSpace's ELS-R2 free-flying/returnable experiment hosting spacecraft * Other TBD ride-share satellites to be manifested by Exolaunch

— Rocket

H3

The H3 Launch Vehicle is a Japanese expendable launch system. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.

Length: 63 m
Diameter: 5.27 m
Launch Mass: 574 t
GTO Capacity: 6,500 kg

Launches

Success

— Launch Provider

Commercial

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Est. 1884 · President: Seiji Izumisawa

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.

Total

Success

Pending

H3 | Mid-Inclination Rideshare

Mid-Inclination Rideshare

H3

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries