Fifth flight of Japan's H3 rocket launched the Michibiki 6 (QZS-6) navigation satellite from Tanegashima, expanding the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System that augments GPS positioning over Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.8 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 7 H3-22 flights
- Date and time
- 2 February 2025, 08:30 UTC
- Rocket
- H3-22
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2025-023
- Launches in 2025
- 24th of 329
See it in orbit
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