H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight
H3-30 launched the H3-30 Test Flight mission for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on Jun 12, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 · Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight
Launched Jun 12, 2026 9:53:59 AMSuccess
5 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
189° S
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 97.7°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites: * PETREL * STARS-X * BRO-22 * VERTECS * HORN-L/R
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Fri, Jun 12 · 9:53:59 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Rocket
- H3-30
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- SSO
- Launch pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 · Tanegashima Space Center, Japan