H3-30
H3 familyMitsubishi Heavy IndustriesActive
H3-30 | IGS Optical Diversification 1
The H3 Launch Vehicle is a Japanese expendable launch system. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.

Specifications
- Thrust
- 4,413 kN
- Height
- 63 m
- Diameter
- 5.27 m
- Launch mass
- 274 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- $50M
- GTO capacity
- 2,300 kg
- SSO capacity
- 4,000 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
1flightwith a definitive outcome
100%success rate1 of 1
0failuresincluding partial failures
1success streakcurrent
First flight June 12, 2026 · 00:53 UTC
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.