The following list provides details for launches at the Yoshinobu Launch Complex. Part of the Tanegashima Space Center, the facility hosts JAXA's major test firings and launches. Other launch facilities in the Space Center were previously used, with small rockets under development launched from the Takesaki Range. Additionally, the Osaki Launch Complex, where larger rockets were initially launched, was retired in 1992. Yoshinobu Launch ComplexThis list is sourced from the JAXA website.
Launches Source: 1994-1999 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome TF1(Test Flight 1) 3 February 199422:20 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment) / VEP (Vehicle Evaluation Payload) LEO / GTO Ryūsei and Myōjō TF2(Test Flight 2) 28 August 199407:50 H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite-VI) GEO Kiku 6 TF3(Test Flight 3) 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 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome TF1(Test Flight 1) 29 August 200107:00:00 H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP 2 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2) / LRE 2002 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome TF2(Test Flight 2) 4 February 200202:45:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP 3 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3) / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (MDS-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 2003 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 (2nd) / IGS-Radar (2nd) 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 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome F7 26 February 200509:25:00 H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6) 2006 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 2007 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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) 2008 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome F14 23 February 200808:55:00 H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 WINDS (Kizuna) 2009 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome F17 20 May 201021:58:22 H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima 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) 2011 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 2012 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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. 2013 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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. 2014 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS. F29 24 November 201506:50:00 H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Telstar 12 Vantage, Retrieved 20 February 2019 GTO 2016 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 6 for deployment from the ISS. 2017 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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) 2018 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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 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) 2019 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users LaunchoutcomeF8 24 September 201916:05:05 H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1 CubeSats carried aboard of Kounotori 8 for deployment from the ISS. 2020 Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,Configuration Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launchoutcome 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) 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