Payload / Mission
H3-30 Test Flight
Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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
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📰 News
H3 successfully returns to flighten
Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit. The post H3 successfully returns to flight appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceNews · Jun 12, 2026
Japan’s H3 to return to flight with debut launch of lightest configurationen
Japan’s H3 rocket will return to flight Friday, with a launch that also marks the… The post Japan’s H3 to return to flight with debut launch of lightest configuration appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
NASASpaceflight · Jun 11, 2026