# List of H-II series and H3 launches

This is a list of launches made by JAXA using H-II, H-IIA, H-IIB and H3 rockets.

## Launch statistics
### Rocket configurations

* H-II
* H-IIA
* H-IIB
* H3

### Launch sites

* Yoshinobu Launch Complex 1
* Yoshinobu Launch Complex 2

### Launch outcomes

* Success
* Partial failure
* Failure
* Planned

## Launch history

1994-1999 :
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| TF1 (Test Flight 1) | 3 February 1994 22:20 | H-II | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment) / VEP (Vehicle Evaluation Payload) | LEO / GTO | | | Success |
| Ryūsei and Myōjō ||||||||
| TF2 (Test Flight 2) | 28 August 1994 07:50 | H-II | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite-VI) | | GEO | | Success |
| Kiku 6 ||||||||
| TF3 (Test Flight 3) | 18 March 1995 08:01 | H-II | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 (GMS-5) / Space Flyer Unit (SFU) | | GEO / LEO | | Success |
| Himawari 5 ||||||||
| F4 | 17 August 1996 01:53 | H-II | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | ADEOS I (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji-OSCAR 29, JAS-2 | | LEO | | Success |
| Midori and Fuji 3 ||||||||
| F6 | 27 November 1997 21:27 | H-II | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII) | | LEO | | Success |
| Orihime and Kiku 7 (Hikoboshi) ||||||||
| F5 | 21 February 1998 07:55 | H-II | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellites) | | GEO | | Partial failure |
| Kakehashi, Faulty brazing in second-stage engine cooling system caused engine burn through and cable damage resulting in shutdown midway through the upper stage's second burn, leaving spacecraft in elliptical LEO instead of GTO. Spacecraft thrusters raised orbit enough to complete some communications experiments. ||||||||
| F8 | 15 November 1999 07:29 | H-II | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite) | | GEO | | Failure |
| Cavitation in the first stage hydrogen turbopump impeller caused an impeller blade to fracture, resulting in loss of fuel and rapid shutdown of the engine at T+239 seconds. The vehicle impacted the ocean 380 km at the northwest of Chichijima. ||||||||
| 2001 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| TF1 (Test Flight 1) | 29 August 2001 07:00:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | VEP 2 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2) / LRE | | | | Success |
| 2002 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| TF2 (Test Flight 2) | 4 February 2002 02:45:00 | H-IIA 2024 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | VEP 3 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3) / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (MDS-1) (Tsubasa) / DASH | | | | Success |
| F3 | 10 September 2002 08:20:00 | H-IIA 2024 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | USERS / DRTS (Kodama) | | | | Success |
| F4 | 14 December 2002 01:31:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | ADEOS II (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1 | | | | Success |
| 2003 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F5 | 28 March 2003 01:27:00 | H-IIA 2024 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1 | | | | Success |
| F6 | 29 November 2003 04:33:00 | H-IIA 2024 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical (2nd) / IGS-Radar (2nd) | | | | Failure |
| A hot gas leak from one SRB-A motor destroyed its separation system. The strap-on did not separate as planned, and the weight of the spent motor prevented the vehicle from achieving its planned height. ||||||||
| 2005 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F7 | 26 February 2005 09:25:00 | H-IIA 2022 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6) | | | | Success |
| 2006 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F8 | 24 January 2006 01:33:00 | H-IIA 2022 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | ALOS (Daichi) | | | | Success |
| F9 | 18 February 2006 06:27:00 | H-IIA 2024 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) | | | | Success |
| F10 | 11 September 2006 04:35:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 2 | | | | Success |
| F11 | 18 December 2006 06:32:00 | H-IIA 204 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) | | GTO | | Success |
| 2007 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F12 | 24 February 2007 04:41:00 | H-IIA 2024 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V | | | | Success |
| F13 | 14 September 2007 01:31:01 | H-IIA 2022 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | SELENE (Kaguya) | | | | Success |
| 2008 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F14 | 23 February 2008 08:55:00 | H-IIA 2024 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | WINDS (Kizuna) | | | | Success |
| 2009 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F15 | 23 January 2009 03:54:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | GOSAT (Ibuki) / SDS-1 / STARS (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite) (Kūkai) / KKS-1 (Kiseki) / PRISM (Hitomi) / Sohla-1 (Maido 1) / SORUNSAT-1 (Kagayaki) / SPRITE-SAT (Raijin) | | | | Success |
| F1 | 10 September 2009 17:01:46 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | HTV-1 | | | | Success |
| First flight of H-IIB ||||||||
| F16 | 28 November 2009 01:21:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 3 | | | | Success |
| 2010 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F17 | 20 May 2010 21:58:22 | H-IIA 202 | LA-Y1, Tanegashima | PLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″ | | | | Success |
| F18 | 11 September 2010 11:17:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | QZS-1 (Michibiki) | | | | Success |
| 2011 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F2 | 22 January 2011 05:37:57 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 2 (HTV-2) | | | | Success |
| F19 | 23 September 2011 04:36:50 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 4 | | | | Success |
| F20 | 12 December 2011 01:21:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar 3 | | | | Success |
| 2012 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F21 | 17 May 2012 16:39:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2 | | | | Success |
| F3 | 21 July 2012 02:06:18 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1 | | | | Success |
| CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 3, deployed on 4 October 2012 from the ISS. ||||||||
| 2013 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F22 | 27 January 2013 04:40:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V | | | | Success |
| F4 | 3 August 2013 19:48:46 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) / PicoDragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3 | | | | Success |
| CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 4 for deployment from the ISS. ||||||||
| 2014 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F23 | 27 February 2014 18:37:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2 | | | | Success |
| F24 | 24 May 2014 03:05:14 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / Raijin-2 (Rising-2) / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT | | | | Success |
| F25 | 7 October 2014 05:16:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | Himawari 8 | | | | Success |
| F26 | 3 December 2014 04:22:04 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON | | | | Success |
| 2015 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F27 | 1 February 2015 01:21:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar Spare | | | | Success |
| F28 | 26 March 2015 01:21:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 5 | | | | Success |
| F5 | 19 August 2015 11:50:49 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5 | | | | Success |
| CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS. ||||||||
| F29 | 24 November 2015 06:50:00 | H-IIA 204 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | Telstar 12 Vantage | | GTO | | Success |
| 2016 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F30 | 17 February 2016 08:45:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | ASTRO-H (Hitomi) / ChubuSat-2 (Kinshachi 2) / ChubuSat-3 (Kinshachi 3) / Horyu-4 | | | | Success |
| The Hitomi telescope broke apart 37 days after launch. ||||||||
| F31 | 2 November 2016 06:20:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | Himawari 9 | | | | Success |
| F6 | 9 December 2016 13:26:47 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3 | | | | Success |
| CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 6 for deployment from the ISS. ||||||||
| 2017 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F32 | 24 January 2017 07:44:00 | H-IIA 204 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) | | GTO | | Success |
| F33 | 17 March 2017 01:20:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar 5 | | | | Success |
| F34 | 1 June 2017 00:17:46 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | QZS-2 (Michibiki 2) | | | | Success |
| F35 | 19 August 2017 05:29:00 | H-IIA 204 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) | | GTO | | Success |
| F36 | 9 October 2017 22:01:37 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | QZS-4 (Michibiki 4) | | | | Success |
| F37 | 23 December 2017 01:26:22 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame) | | | | Success |
| 2018 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F38 | 27 February 2018 04:34:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 6 | | | | Success |
| F39 | 12 June 2018 04:20:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar 6 | | | | Success |
| F7 | 22 September 2018 17:52:27 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) / SPATIUM-I / RSP-00 / STARS-Me | | | | Success |
| CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 7 for deployment from the ISS. ||||||||
| F40 | 29 October 2018 04:08:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube) | | | | Success |
| 2019 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F8 | 24 September 2019 16:05:05 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1 | | | | Success |
| CubeSats carried aboard of Kounotori 8 for deployment from the ISS. ||||||||
| 2020 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F41 | 9 February 2020 01:34:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 7 | | | | Success |
| F9 | 20 May 2020 17:31:00 | H-IIB | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Kounotori 9 (HTV-9) | | | | Success |
| Kounotori 9 launch to the ISS. The last launch of both the launch vehicle and vehicle, awaiting new fleet of HTV-X and H3. ||||||||
| F42 | 19 July 2020 21:58:14 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | Emirates Mars Mission | 1350 kg | Heliocentric | Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre | Success |
| Emirates Mars Mission launched to planet Mars. ||||||||
| F43 | 29 November 2020 07:25:00 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | JDRS/LUCAS | | GTO | | Success |
| 2021 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F44 | 26 October 2021 02:19:37 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | QZS-1R | about 4t | IGSO | Cabinet Office | Success |
| Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1). ||||||||
| F45 | 22 December 2021 15:32:00 | H-IIA 204 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | Inmarsat-6 F1 | 5,470 kg | GTO (supersynchronous) | Inmarsat | Success |
| Final flight of H-IIA 204. ||||||||
| 2023 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F46 | 26 January 2023 01:50:21 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar 7 | | SSO | CIRO | Success |
| TF1 (Test Flight 1) | 7 March 2023 01:37:55 | H3-22S | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | ALOS-3 | 3,000 kg | SSO | JAXA | Failure |
| First H3 flight. Second stage ignition failed, leading to flight termination. ||||||||
| F47 | 6 September 2023 23:42:11 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | XRISM / SLIM | 3,015 kg | LEO / Selenocentric | JAXA / NASA | Success |
| 2024 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F48 | 12 January 2024 04:44:26 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Optical 8 | | SSO | CIRO | Success |
| TF2 (Test Flight 2) | 17 February 2024 00:22:55 | H3-22S | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | VEP-4 (Mass simulator), CE-SAT-1E, TIRSAT | 2,675 kg | SSO | JAXA | Success |
| Second H3 test flight and first launch success. ||||||||
| F3 | 1 July 2024 03:06 | H3-22S | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | ALOS-4 | 2,990 kg | SSO | JAXA | Success |
| F49 | 26 September 2024 05:24:20 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | IGS-Radar 8 | | SSO | CIRO | Success |
| F4 | 4 November 2024 06:48 | H3-22S | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | DSN-3 | | GTO | DSN / JDSF | Success |
| 2025 |||||||||
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Users | Launch outcome |
| F5 | 2 February 2025 08:30 | H3-22S | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | QZS-6 | 4,900 kg | GTO | CAO | Success |

## Planned launches

| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site / Pad | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
| 2025 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | QZS-5 | GTO | JAXA |
| 2025 | H-IIA 202 | Tanegashima, LA-Y1 | GOSAT-GW | SSO | JAXA |
| Final flight of H-IIA 202, and H-II family as a whole. |||||
| 2025 | H3-24L | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | HTV-X1 | LEO (ISS) | JAXA |
| First HTV-X resupply mission. |||||
| 2025 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | QZS-7 | GTO | JAXA |
| 2025 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | ETS-9 (Kiku-9) | GEO | JAXA / NICT |
| 2026 | H3-24L | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | HTV-X2 | LEO (ISS) | JAXA |
| 2026 | H3-24L | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | HTV-X3 | LEO (ISS) | JAXA |
| 2026 | H3-24L | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | MMX | Areocentric | JAXA |
| 2026 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Optical Diversification 1 | SSO | CIRO |
| First of a new generation of IGS-Optical satellites. |||||
| 2027 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Optical 9 | SSO | CIRO |
| 2027 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Optical Diversification 2 | SSO | CIRO |
| 2027 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | JDRS-2 | GEO | CIRO / JAXA |
| 2028 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Himawari 10 | GEO | JMA |
| 2029 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Radar Diversification 1 | SSO | CIRO |
| First of a new generation of IGS-Radar satellites. |||||
| 2029 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Optical 10 | SSO | CIRO |
| 2030 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Radar Diversification 2 | SSO | CIRO |
| 2031 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Radar 9 | SSO | CIRO |
| 2032 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Optical Diversification Successor | SSO | CIRO |
| 2032 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | LiteBIRD | Sun–Earth L$_2$ | JAXA |
| 2033 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Radar 10 | SSO | CIRO |
| 2033 | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | IGS-Optical 11 | SSO | CIRO |
| TBD | H3 | Tanegashima, LA-Y2 | Inmarsat TBA | GEO | Inmarsat |
| First commercial customer to launch on H3. |||||
Sources: Gunter's Space Page and Cabinet Office of Japan