This is a list of launches made by JAXA using H-II series of rockets which also includes the H-IIA and H-IIB. The H-II series was Japan's first medium-lift, liquid-propellant rockets produced using only technologies developed domestically.

Launch statistics Rocket configurations

Launch sites

Launch outcomes

Launch history 1994-1999 Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome 3 February 199422:20 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-1 / OREX LEO / GTO Carried Vehicle Evaluation Payload 1 (VEP-1), a mass simulator nicknamed Myōjō and the Orbital Re-Entry EXperiment (OREX), nicknamed Ryūse. 28 August 199407:50 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VI GEO Carried Engineering Test Satellite-VI (ETS-VI), nicknamed Kiku 6. 18 March 199508:01 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 (GMS-5) / Space Flyer Unit (SFU) GEO / LEO Himawari 5 F4 17 August 199601:53 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS I (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji-OSCAR 29, JAS-2 LEO Midori and Fuji 3 F6 27 November 199721:27 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII) LEO Orihime and Kiku 7 (Hikoboshi) F5 21 February 199807:55 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellites) GEO Kakehashi, Faulty brazing in second-stage engine cooling system caused engine burn through and cable damage resulting in shutdown midway through the upper stage's second burn, leaving spacecraft in elliptical LEO instead of GTO. Spacecraft thrusters raised orbit enough to complete some communications experiments. F8 15 November 199907:29 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite) GEO Cavitation in the first stage hydrogen turbopump impeller caused an impeller blade to fracture, resulting in loss of fuel and rapid shutdown of the engine at T+239 seconds. The vehicle impacted the ocean 380 km at the northwest of Chichijima. 2001–2003 Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome 29 August 200107:00:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-2 (mass simulator) Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2 / LRE 4 February 200202:45:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP-3 (mass simulator) / MDS-1 Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3 / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (Tsubasa) / DASH F3 10 September 200208:20:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 USERS / DRTS (Kodama) F4 14 December 200201:31:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS II (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1 F5 28 March 200301:27:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1 F6 29 November 200304:33:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 2 / IGS-Radar 2 A hot gas leak from one SRB-A motor destroyed its separation system. The strap-on did not separate as planned, and the weight of the spent motor prevented the vehicle from achieving its planned height. 2005–2009 Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome F7 26 February 200509:25:00 H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6) F8 24 January 200601:33:00 H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS (Daichi) F9 18 February 200606:27:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) F10 11 September 200604:35:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 2 F11 18 December 200606:32:00 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) GTO F12 24 February 200704:41:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V F13 14 September 200701:31:01 H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 SELENE (Kaguya) F14 23 February 200808:55:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 WINDS (Kizuna) F15 23 January 200903:54:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT (Ibuki) / SDS-1 / STARS (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite) (Kūkai) / KKS-1 (Kiseki) / PRISM (Hitomi) / Sohla-1 (Maido 1) / SORUNSAT-1 (Kagayaki) / SPRITE-SAT (Raijin) F1 10 September 200917:01:46 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 HTV-1 First flight of H-IIB F16 28 November 200901:21:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 3 2010–2014 Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome F17 20 May 201021:58:22 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 PLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″ F18 11 September 201011:17:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1 (Michibiki) F2 22 January 201105:37:57 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 2 (HTV-2) F19 23 September 201104:36:50 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 4 F20 12 December 201101:21:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 3 F21 17 May 201216:39:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2 F3 21 July 201202:06:18 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1 CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 3, deployed on 4 October 2012 from the ISS. F22 27 January 201304:40:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V F4 3 August 201319:48:46 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) / PicoDragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3 CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 4 for deployment from the ISS. F23 27 February 201418:37:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2 F24 24 May 201403:05:14 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / Raijin-2 (Rising-2) / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT F25 7 October 201405:16:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 8 F26 3 December 201404:22:04 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON 2015–2019 Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome F27 1 February 201501:21:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar Spare F28 26 March 201501:21:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 5 F5 19 August 201511:50:49 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5 LEO (ISS) CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS. F29 24 November 201506:50:00 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Telstar 12 VantageSpace Launch Report: H-IIA/B Data Sheet, Retrieved 20 February 2019 GTO F30 17 February 201608:45:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ASTRO-H (Hitomi) / ChubuSat-2 (Kinshachi 2) / ChubuSat-3 (Kinshachi 3) / Horyu-4 The Hitomi telescope broke apart 37 days after launch. F31 2 November 201606:20:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 9 F6 9 December 201613:26:47 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3 LEO (ISS) CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 6 for deployment from the ISS. F32 24 January 201707:44:00 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) GTO F33 17 March 201701:20:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 5 F34 1 June 201700:17:46 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-2 (Michibiki 2) F35 19 August 201705:29:00 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) GTO F36 9 October 201722:01:37 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-4 (Michibiki 4) F37 23 December 201701:26:22 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame) F38 27 February 201804:34:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 6 F39 12 June 201804:20:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 6 F7 22 September 201817:52:27 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) / SPATIUM-I / RSP-00 / STARS-Me LEO (ISS) CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 7 for deployment from the ISS.F40 29 October 201804:08:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube) F8 24 September 201916:05:05 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1 LEO (ISS) CubeSats carried aboard of Kounotori 8 for deployment from the ISS. 2020–2025 Flight Launch (UTC) Version Launch site Payload(s) Payload mass Orbit Customer Outcome F41 9 February 202001:34:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 7 F9 20 May 202017:31:00 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 9 (HTV-9) LEO (ISS) Kounotori 9 launch to the ISS. The last launch of both the launch vehicle and vehicle, awaiting new fleet of HTV-X and H3. F42 19 July 202021:58:14 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Emirates Mars Mission 1350 kg Heliocentric Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Emirates Mars Mission launched to planet Mars. F43 29 November 202007:25:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 JDRS/LUCAS GTO F44 26 October 202102:19:37 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1R about 4t IGSO Cabinet Office Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1).F45 22 December 202115:32:00 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Inmarsat-6 F1 5,470 kg GTO (supersynchronous) Inmarsat Final flight of H-IIA 204.F46 26 January 202301:50:21 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 7 SSO CIRO F47 6 September 202323:42:11 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 XRISM / SLIM 3,015 kg LEO / Selenocentric JAXA / NASA F48 12 January 202404:44:26 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 8 SSO CIRO F49 26 September 202405:24:20 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 8 SSO CIRO F50 28 June 202516:33 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT-GW 2,600 kg SSO JAXA Final flight of H-IIA 202, and H-II family as a whole.

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