H3-22 ETS-9 launch: date, time and live countdown
MHI launches ETS-9 on H3-22 from Tanegashima (Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2), no earlier than Thu 31 Dec, 00:00 UTC.
Holds can take a minute or two to show here. The webcast is always the fastest source.
DATE CHANGES
- 1 NOV
First scheduled for Thu 31 Dec, 00:00 UTC.
- NOW
Now scheduled for Thu 31 Dec, 00:00 UTC. No slips so far.
MISSION
- VEHICLE
- H3-22
- PROVIDER
- MHI
- PAD
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima, Japan
- ORBIT
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- MISSION
- Communications
The Engineering Test Satellite 9 (ETS-9) is a JAXA project aimed to develop an advanced satellite bus, or common model, for various high-throughput satellites (HTS) for communications. The new satellite bus by Mitsubishi Electric will focus specifically on advanced communication needs: - Up to 25kW of power to support HTS communications - Light mass, all-electric bus system achieved with 6kW high-power Hall thrusters (Japan-made). - High-power Hall thrusters significantly shorten delivery of orbiting satellite compared to other manufacturer’s 4.5kW-class electric-propulsion bus systems
FLIGHT PROFILE·PROJECTED
A projected profile for this rocket, timed to the mission's published events. It isn't data from the rocket.
MISSION LOG
The launch over your sky
A forecast from the projected flight path: cloud and the real trajectory decide what you actually see. We use your approximate city unless you choose your exact location, which stays on your device.