H3-30 | IGS Optical 9

Government/Top Secret

Time to liftoff

Targeting 2027

Target Window

2027

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Year

— Mission

IGS Optical 9

Sun-Synchronous Orbit· SSO

The IGS Optical 9 is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.

— Rocket

H3-30

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: 274 t
GTO Capacity: 2,300 kg
Maiden Flight: 2026

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

H3-30 | IGS Optical 9

IGS Optical 9

H3-30

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries