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Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsH3-22 · Kirameki 3
Launched 2024-11-04 06:48 UTCYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
202nd
orbital launch attempt in 2024
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
5th
launch this year
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
126 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
DSN 3, also known as Kirameki 3, is a geostationary communications satellite to be used for military communications by the Japanese military.
Launch Provider
Commercial · Japan · Founded 1884 · President Seiji Izumisawa
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Spacecraft separation confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Official Webcast by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構 has started
Launch Library 2
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Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Rescheduled for November 4 due to launch site weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Rescheduled for November 2.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed due to unfavorable launch weather conditions; new launch date TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to October 30 due to 2nd stage engine valve replacement.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Rescheduled for October 26 due to delays with previous H-IIA launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Tweaked approximate launch date per launch manifest (P.129 of source).
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
63m
Diameter
5.3m
Liftoff thrust
7,542kN
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ETS-9Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H3-22 · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, JapanGeostationary Transfer OrbitTo be determinedNET 2026
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