New test flight of the H3 ordered following the failure of the inaugural launch of H3 in March 2023 with ALOS-3. Main payload is VEP 4 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 4), a 2.6 tonnes mass simulator payload that will be carried on the 2nd test flight of the H3 rocket, instead of the ALOS-4 Earth observation satellite as originally planned. It will be deployed after the 2nd de-orbit burn is completed to test the payload separation mechanism. 2 hitchhiking secondary payloads have been selected in June 2023: * CE-SAT-1E - 70 kilograms class optical Earth observation satellite from Canon Electronics Inc., similar to the previously launched CE-SAT-1. * TIRSAT - 3U cubesat by Japan Space Systems and other institutes to test an infrared sensor for Earth surface observation purposes. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)

H3-22

Karte laden (OpenStreetMap)

Kartenvorschau: The Space Devs · Interaktive Karte: OpenStreetMap (laedt erst nach Klick)

• 17.02.2024 Launch success, all payloads separated into planned orbits. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 17.02.2024 Abheben.
• 16.02.2024 Livestream has started (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 14.02.2024 Rescheduled for February 17. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 13.02.2024 Delayed from February 15 due to launch site weather, new launch date TBD. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 28.12.2023 Added launch window and payload. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 27.12.2023 NET February 15, 2024. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 13.11.2023 No longer scheduled in 2023 (Q1 2024 is inferred from previous reports of launch within Fiscal Year 2023 in Japan). (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)

Quelle: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)