H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Commercial)
• Rocket: H3-30 — H3 family

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

• Type: Test Flight
• Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
• Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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