H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)
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.
Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)
QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.
H3-22
Height 63.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 4000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7542 kN
Diameter 5.27 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 0 Tonnes
Launch Success 1
Consecutive Success 1
Maiden Flight 2023-03-07
Launch Failures 1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-09T14:30:05+0000
Tweaked approximate launch date per launch manifest (P.129 of source).
