Japan's H3-22 rocket successfully launched the Michibiki 7 navigation satellite from Tanegashima Space Center for the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, also carrying the U.S. Space Force's Situational Awareness Camera Hosted Instrument. It was JAXA's second straight H3 success following a December failure.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 7th
- of 7 H3-22 flights
- Date and time
- 10 August 2026, 19:23 UTC
- Rocket
- H3-22
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2026-182
- Launches in 2026
- 191st of 243
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