H3 | MBR Explorer

Planetary Science

Time to liftoff

Targeting Q1 2028

Target Window

Q1 2028

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Quarter 1

— Mission

MBR Explorer

Asteroid· Asteroid

An United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) planetary mission to visit main belt asteroids. Named after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the spacecraft will fly by six main belt asteroids between 2030 and 2033 before rendezvousing on a seventh, Justitia, in 2034, later deploying a lander.

— 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

Failures

— 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 | MBR Explorer

MBR Explorer

H3

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries