The H-II rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999 with 5 successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites in the 1990s. It was the first two stage liquid fuelled rocket Japan made using only domestic technologies.
Specifications
- Thrust
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- Height
- 49 m
- Diameter
- 4 m
- Launch mass
- 260 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 10,060 kg
- GTO capacity
- 3,930 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
7
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
85.7%
6 of 7
Current success streak
0
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- H-II | MTSAT — Failure
- H-II | Kakehashi — Success
- H-II | TRMM & ETS 7 — Success
- H-II | Midori — Success
- H-II | SFU & Himawari 5 — Success