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List of launches by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency

Launch history

1986-1992

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome
15(F) 12 August 1986,
20:45 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex EGP (Ajisai) LEO Success
9 SRMs, 2 stages
17(F) 27 August 1987,
09:20 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex ETS-5 (Kiku-5) GTO Success
9 SRMs, 3 stages
18(F) 19 February 1988,
10:05 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex CS-3A (Sakura-3A) GTO Success
9 SRMs, 3 stages
19(F) 16 September 1988,
09:59 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex CS-3B (Sakura-3B) GTO Success
9 SRMs, 3 stages
20(F) 5 September 1989,
19:11 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex GMS-4 (Himawari-4) GTO Success
6 SRMs, 3 stages
21(F) 7 February 1990,
01:33 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex MOS-1B (Momo-1B) LEO Success
9 SRMs, 2 stages
22(F) 28 August 1990,
09:05 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex BS-3A (Yuri-3A) GTO Success
9 SRMs, 3 stages
23(F) 25 August 1991,
08:40 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex BS-3B (Yuri-3B) GTO Success
9 SRMs, 3 stages
24(F) 11 February 1992,
01:50 		H-I Osaki Launch Complex JERS-1 (FUYO-1) LEO Success
9 SRMs, 2 stages

When the H–1 was announced in 1986, company representative Tsuguo Tatakawe clarified that it would only be used to launch indigenous (i.e. Japanese) payloads, that only two launches per year could be mounted, and that the launch window consisted of a four-month period in which Japanese fishing fleets were not active (the falling launch boosters may damage fishing nets in the ocean waters).

1994-1999

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
TF1
(Test Flight 1) 		3 February 1994
22:20 		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment) / VEP (Vehicle Evaluation Payload) LEO / GTO Success
Ryūsei and Myōjō
TF2
(Test Flight 2) 		28 August 1994
07:50 		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite-VI) GEO Success
Kiku 6
TF3
(Test Flight 3) 		18 March 1995
08:01 		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 (GMS-5) / Space Flyer Unit (SFU) GEO / LEO Success
Himawari 5
F4 17 August 1996
01:53 		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS I (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / Fuji-OSCAR 29, JAS-2 LEO Success
Midori and Fuji 3
F6 27 November 1997
21:27 		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) / ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII) LEO Success
Orihime and Kiku 7 (Hikoboshi)
F5 21 February 1998
07:55 		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellites) GEO Partial failure
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 1999
07:29 		H-II Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite) GEO Failure
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 Launch
outcome
TF1
(Test Flight 1) 		29 August 2001
07:00:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP 2 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2) / LRE Success

2002

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
TF2
(Test Flight 2) 		4 February 2002
02:45:00 		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 VEP 3 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3) / Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 (MDS-1) (Tsubasa) / DASH Success
F3 10 September 2002
08:20:00 		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 USERS / DRTS (Kodama) Success
F4 14 December 2002
01:31:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ADEOS II (Midori 2) / WEOS (Kanta-kun) / FedSat 1 / Micro LabSat 1 Success

2003

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F5 28 March 2003
01:27:00 		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1 Success
F6 29 November 2003
04:33:00 		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical (2nd) / IGS-Radar (2nd) Failure
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 Launch
outcome
F7 26 February 2005
09:25:00 		H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-1R (Himawari 6) Success

2006

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F8 24 January 2006
01:33:00 		H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS (Daichi) Success
F9 18 February 2006
06:27:00 		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) Success
F10 11 September 2006
04:35:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 2 Success
F11 18 December 2006
06:32:00 		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) GTO Success

2007

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F12 24 February 2007
04:41:00 		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V Success
F13 14 September 2007
01:31:01 		H-IIA 2022 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 SELENE (Kaguya) Success

2008

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F14 23 February 2008
08:55:00 		H-IIA 2024 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 WINDS (Kizuna) Success

2009

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F15 23 January 2009
03:54:00 		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) Success
F1 10 September 2009
17:01:46 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 HTV-1 Success
First flight of H-IIB
F16 28 November 2009
01:21:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 3 Success

2010

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F17 20 May 2010
21:58:22 		H-IIA 202 LA-Y1, Tanegashima PLANET-C (Akatsuki) / IKAROS / UNITEC-1 (Shin'en) / Waseda-SAT2 / K-Sat (Hayato) / Negai☆″ Success
F18 11 September 2010
11:17:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1 (Michibiki) Success

2011

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F2 22 January 2011
05:37:57 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 2 (HTV-2) Success
F19 23 September 2011
04:36:50 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 4 Success
F20 12 December 2011
01:21:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 3 Success

2012

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F21 17 May 2012
16:39:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) / KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang 3) / SDS-4 / HORYU-2 Success
F3 21 July 2012
02:06:18 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) / Raiko / We Wish / Niwaka / TechEdSat / F-1 Success
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 Launch
outcome
F22 27 January 2013
04:40:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V Success
F4 3 August 2013
19:48:46 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) / PicoDragon / ArduSat-1 / ArduSat-X / TechEdSat-3 Success
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 Launch
outcome
F23 27 February 2014
18:37:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GPM-Core / SindaiSat (Ginrei) / STARS-II (Gennai) / TeikyoSat-3 / ITF-1 (Yui) / OPUSAT (CosMoz) / INVADER / KSAT2 Success
F24 24 May 2014
03:05:14 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) / Raijin-2 (Rising-2) / UNIFORM-1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT Success
F25 7 October 2014
05:16:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 8 Success
F26 3 December 2014
04:22:04 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Hayabusa 2 / Shin'en 2 / ARTSAT2-DESPATCH / PROCYON Success

2015

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F27 1 February 2015
01:21:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar Spare Success
F28 26 March 2015
01:21:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 5 Success
F5 19 August 2015
11:50:49 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) / SERPENS / S-CUBE / Flock-2b x 14 / GOMX-3 / AAUSAT5 Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 5 for deployment from the ISS.
F29 24 November 2015
06:50:00 		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Telstar 12 Vantage GTO Success

2016

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F30 17 February 2016
08:45:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 ASTRO-H (Hitomi) / ChubuSat-2 (Kinshachi 2) / ChubuSat-3 (Kinshachi 3) / Horyu-4 Success
The Hitomi telescope broke apart 37 days after launch.
F31 2 November 2016
06:20:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Himawari 9 Success
F6 9 December 2016
13:26:47 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) / AOBA-Velox III / TuPOD / EGG / ITF-2 / STARS-C / FREEDOM / WASEDA-SAT3 Success
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 Launch
outcome
F32 24 January 2017
07:44:00 		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) GTO Success
F33 17 March 2017
01:20:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 5 Success
F34 1 June 2017
00:17:46 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-2 (Michibiki 2) Success
F35 19 August 2017
05:29:00 		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) GTO Success
F36 9 October 2017
22:01:37 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-4 (Michibiki 4) Success
F37 23 December 2017
01:26:22 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GCOM-C (Shikisai) / SLATS (Tsubame) Success

2018

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F38 27 February 2018
04:34:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 6 Success
F39 12 June 2018
04:20:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Radar 6 Success
F7 22 September 2018
17:52:27 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) / SPATIUM-I / RSP-00 / STARS-Me Success
CubeSats carried aboard Kounotori 7 for deployment from the ISS.
F40 29 October 2018
04:08:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2) / KhalifaSat / Ten-Koh / Diwata-2B / Stars-AO (Aoi) / AUTcube2 (GamaCube) Success

2019

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F8 24 September 2019
16:05:05 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) / NARSSCube-1 / AQT-D / RWASAT-1 Success
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 Launch
outcome
F41 9 February 2020
01:34:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 IGS-Optical 7 Success
F9 20 May 2020
17:31:00 		H-IIB Tanegashima, LA-Y2 Kounotori 9 (HTV-9) Success
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 2020
21:58:14 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Emirates Mars Mission 1350 kg Heliocentric Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Success
Emirates Mars Mission launched to planet Mars.
F43 29 November 2020
07:25:00 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 JDRS/LUCAS GTO Success

2021

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site / Pad Payload Payload mass Orbit Users Launch
outcome
F44 26 October 2021
02:19:37 		H-IIA 202 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 QZS-1R about 4t IGSO Cabinet Office Success
Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1).
F45 22 December 2021
15:32:00 		H-IIA 204 Tanegashima, LA-Y1 Inmarsat-6 F1 5,470 kg GTO (supersynchronous) Inmarsat Success
Final flight of H-IIA 204.

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