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H-II / H3 Launches

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 74 every launch of the H-II / H3, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

Featured & milestone launches

74 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2026-06-12VEP-52026-132H3-30SJAXATanegashima6 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2025-12-22QZS 52025-U06H3-22SJAXATanegashima—LEOfailure
2025-10-26HTV-X12025-241H3-24WJAXATanegashima1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2025-06-28GOSAT-GW2025-141H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2025-02-02QZS 62025-023H3-22SJAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2024-11-04DSN 32024-198H3-22SJAXATanegashima1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2024-09-26IGS O-92024-176H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2024-07-01ALOS 42024-123H3-22SJAXATanegashima1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2024-02-17VEP-42024-032H3-22SJAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2024-01-12IGS O-82024-010H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2023-09-06XRISM/SLIM2023-137H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2023-03-07ALOS 32023-F03H3-22SJAXATanegashima—LEOfailure
2023-01-26IGS R-72023-012H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2021-12-22Inmarsat 6F12021-128H-IIA 204 2Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2021-10-26QZSS 1R2021-096H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2020-11-29Deta Chukei Eisei 12020-089H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2020-07-19Hope Probe2020-047H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—HEOsuccess
2020-05-20HTV 92020-030H-IIBMitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2020-02-09IGS O-72020-009H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2019-09-24HTV 82019-062H-IIBMitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2018-10-29GOSAT-2/Khalifasat2018-084H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima8 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2018-09-22HTV 72018-073H-IIBMitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2018-06-12IGS R-62018-052H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2018-02-27IGS O-62018-021H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2017-12-23GCOM-C/SLATGS2017-082H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2017-10-09QZSS 42017-062H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2017-08-19QZSS 32017-048H-IIA 204 2Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2017-06-01QZSS 22017-028H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2017-03-17IGS R-52017-015H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2017-01-24DSN 22017-005H-IIA 204 2Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—GEOsuccess
2016-12-09HTV 62016-076H-IIBMitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2016-11-02Himawari 92016-064H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2016-02-17ASTRO-H2016-012H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2015-11-24Telstar 12V2015-068H-IIA 204 2Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2015-08-19HTV 52015-038H-IIBMitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2015-03-26IGS Optical-52015-015H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2015-02-01IGS Radar-Spare2015-004H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2014-12-03Hayabusa-22014-076H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—HEOsuccess
2014-10-07Himawari 82014-060H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2014-05-24ALOS-22014-029H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2014-02-27GPM-C2014-009H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2013-08-03HTV 42013-040H-IIBMitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2013-01-27IGS Radar-42013-002H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2012-07-21HTV 32012-038H-IIBJAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2012-05-17GCOM-W12012-025H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima6 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2011-12-12IGS Radar-32011-075H-IIA 202Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2011-09-23IGS Optical-42011-050H-IIA 202Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2011-01-22HTV 22011-003H-IIBJAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2010-09-11QZSS2010-045H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2010-05-20K-SAT2010-020H-IIA 202 1Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—HEOsuccess

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (74 launches)
VEP-5 (2026-06-12)QZS 5 (2025-12-22)HTV-X1 (2025-10-26)GOSAT-GW (2025-06-28)QZS 6 (2025-02-02)DSN 3 (2024-11-04)IGS O-9 (2024-09-26)ALOS 4 (2024-07-01)VEP-4 (2024-02-17)IGS O-8 (2024-01-12)XRISM/SLIM (2023-09-06)ALOS 3 (2023-03-07)IGS R-7 (2023-01-26)Inmarsat 6F1 (2021-12-22)QZSS 1R (2021-10-26)Deta Chukei Eisei 1 (2020-11-29)Hope Probe (2020-07-19)HTV 9 (2020-05-20)IGS O-7 (2020-02-09)HTV 8 (2019-09-24)GOSAT-2/Khalifasat (2018-10-29)HTV 7 (2018-09-22)IGS R-6 (2018-06-12)IGS O-6 (2018-02-27)GCOM-C/SLATGS (2017-12-23)QZSS 4 (2017-10-09)QZSS 3 (2017-08-19)QZSS 2 (2017-06-01)IGS R-5 (2017-03-17)DSN 2 (2017-01-24)HTV 6 (2016-12-09)Himawari 9 (2016-11-02)ASTRO-H (2016-02-17)Telstar 12V (2015-11-24)HTV 5 (2015-08-19)IGS Optical-5 (2015-03-26)IGS Radar-Spare (2015-02-01)Hayabusa-2 (2014-12-03)Himawari 8 (2014-10-07)ALOS-2 (2014-05-24)GPM-C (2014-02-27)HTV 4 (2013-08-03)IGS Radar-4 (2013-01-27)HTV 3 (2012-07-21)GCOM-W1 (2012-05-17)IGS Radar-3 (2011-12-12)IGS Optical-4 (2011-09-23)HTV 2 (2011-01-22)QZSS (2010-09-11)K-SAT (2010-05-20)IGS Optical-3 (2009-11-28)HTV 1 Gijutso jissho-ki (2009-09-10)GOSAT (2009-01-23)WINDS (2008-02-23)SELENE (2007-09-14)IGS Radar-2 (2007-02-24)ETS-8 (2006-12-18)IGS Optical-2 (2006-09-11)MTSAT-2 (2006-02-18)ALOS (2006-01-24)MTSAT-1R (2005-02-26)IGS Optical-2 (2003-11-29)IGS Optical-1 (2003-03-28)ADEOS-2 (2002-12-14)USERS SEM (2002-09-10)MDS-1 (2002-02-04)LRE (2001-08-29)MTSAT (1999-11-15)COMETS (1998-02-21)TRMM (1997-11-27)ADEOS (1996-08-17)SFU (1995-03-18)ETS-6 (1994-08-28)OREX (1994-02-03)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.