H-IIA
Japan2001 to 2025The H-IIA stands 53 m (174 ft) tall and can lift 10,000 kg to low Earth orbit. As of 23 October 2026, the H-IIA, in all its versions, has 50 launches on record, from 29 August 2001 to 28 June 2025, and 49 of them succeeded (98%).
Latest mission
Earth Science
H-IIA 202
Jun 28, 2025
Final flight of Japan's H-IIA rocket (F50) carried the GOSAT-GW greenhouse gas and water cycle observation satellite to sun-synchronous orbit from Tanegashima, capping a 25-year career with 49 successes in 50 launches.
Next mission
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No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
0 t
vs 3 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.0 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every H-IIA launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No H-IIA launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
- Launches
- 50
- Success rate
- 98%
- 1 failure
- First flight
- 2001
- H-IIA 202
- Last flight
- 2025
- H-IIA 202
- Rocket types
- 4
Launches per year
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
H-IIA versions
| Rocket | Flown | Launches | Success rate | Height | Payload to LEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-IIA 202 | 2001 to 2025 | 35 | 100% | 53 m | 10,000 kg |
| H-IIA 2024 | 2002 to 2008 | 7 | 86% | 57 m | 12,500 kg |
| H-IIA 2022 | 2005 to 2007 | 3 | 100% | 53 m | 11,250 kg |
| H-IIA 204 | 2006 to 2021 | 5 | 100% | 53 m | 15,000 kg |