H3-22 | ALOS-3 (Maiden flight)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
ALOS-3 (Maiden flight)
Maiden flight of the H3 launch vehicle, carrying the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 (ALOS-3). ALOS-3, also known as Advanced Optical Satellite is a successor of the optical mission of the Advanced Land Observation Satellite “DAICHI” (ALOS). The new satellite will achieve improved ground resolution (0.8 m) while observing a wide -swath (70 km) by a larger sensor with higher performance compared to DAICH, and continuously observe not only Japan but also global land areas to construct a system that can swiftly and timely acquire, process and distribute image data. Based on the accumulated data captured in pre- and post-disaster times, the satellite aims to become one of the imperative devices for disaster prevention and preparation activities of countries and municipal governments. Observation data acquired by the satellite is also expected to be useful in various fields such as contributing to the maintenance and updates of precise geospatial information in Japan as well as developing countries, and research and applications on coastal and land environmental monitoring by its observation capabilities.
H3-22
Height 63.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 5400 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7542 kN
Diameter 5.27 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 0 Tonnes
Launch Success 3
Consecutive Success 3
Maiden Flight 2023-03-07
Launch Failures 1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-07T01:59:24+0000
Apparent failure at 2nd stage ignition;FTS initiated.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-07T01:38:33+0000
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-07T00:46:35+0000
Webcast live
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-04T07:00:19+0000
24 hours slip due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-03T06:08:45+0000
March 6 new launch date confirmed by JAXA.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-03T03:29:22+0000
NET March 6 per local news reports and air-space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-27T06:54:10+0000
NET early March
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-17T05:33:44+0000
Launch aborted post main engine ignition due to 1st stage problem; roll back to VAB required.
scottm3
2023-02-17T01:44:22+0000
24 hr delay after abort
scottm3
2023-02-17T01:38:37+0000
hold at engine ignition
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-17T00:50:28+0000
Webcast started
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-14T02:30:36+0000
2 days slip due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-09T06:34:47+0000
February 15 launch date confirmed.
Nosu
2023-02-06T07:29:17+0000
Delayed to NET February 15. Launch window TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-01-26T07:13:36+0000
1 day slip due to one day slip of the previous H-IIA launch that flew today
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-12-23T01:23:01+0000
Launch window confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-12-22T03:48:32+0000
NET February 12, 2023
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