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H3-30 Test Flight
H3-30Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Friday, June 12, 2026 · 12:53 AM UTC
Mission brief
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
PayloadH3-30 Test Flight
OrbitSSO
CustomerMitsubishi Heavy Industries
Stages2
PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Flight plan
Mission timeline
14 / 14100%
The range
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Site locked
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Global range
- Latitude
- 30.401°N
- Longitude
- 130.976°E
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather rules
Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
12:53 AM UTC – 02:52 AM UTC
Hardware
Vehicle & provider
Reliability
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.