Second test flight of Japan's H3 rocket, which reached orbit successfully after the maiden flight's failure. It carried the VEP-4 mass simulator plus two small satellites, Canon's CE-SAT-1E and the TIRSAT cubesat.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 7 H3-22 flights
- Date and time
- 17 February 2024, 00:22 UTC
- Rocket
- H3-22
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2024-032
- Launches in 2024
- 32nd of 263
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
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