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H-IIA 2022

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H-II · RETIRED

H-IIA 2022 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It stands 53.0 m tall, first flew on 26 February 2005. It has flown 3 times with 3 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height53.0 m
Diameter4.0 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTO4,500 kg
Maiden flight26 February 2005
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights3
Successful3
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant2022

About H-IIA

The H-IIA rocket family is an expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid fuelled rocket has been used to launch satellites, lunar spacecraft and planetary science craft.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

H-IIA is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Models of rockets of JAXA, at the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum
Models of rockets of JAXA, at the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial MuseumBrakeet · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has H-IIA 2022 flown?
3 times, with 3 successes and 0 failures.
What is H-IIA 2022's success rate?
100.0%. That's 3 successful flights out of 3 attempts.
How much can H-IIA 2022 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists H-IIA 2022 at no figure to low Earth orbit and 4,500 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is H-IIA 2022 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists H-IIA 2022 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.