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H-II · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

H-II

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
49 m
Diameter
4 m
Mass
260,000 kg
Stages
2
Payload to LEO
10,060 kg
Payload to GTO
3,930 kg
First flight
1994-02-03
Total launches
7
Success / Fail
6 / 1

The H-II rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999 with 5 successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites in the 1990s. It was the first two stage liquid fuelled rocket Japan made using only domestic technologies.

Payloads it launched · 11

KAKEHASHI (COMETS)
MEO
KIKU-7 (ETS-VII)
LEO
TRMM
LEO
ETS-VII TARGET
LEO
MIDORI (ADEOS)
LEO
JAS-2 (FO-29)
LEO
HIMAWARI-5 (GMS-5)
GEO
SFU
LEO
KIKU-6 (ETS-VI)
GEO
OREX
LEO
VEP
HEO