Launch vehicle · JAXA

H-IIA

RocketsMedium-lift

Imagery

Japanese H-IIA rocket — Japanese H-IIA rocket
The Japanese H-IIA rocket will be launching the GPM Core Observatory into orbit in 2014.
2017
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)
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Overview

A Japanese launch vehicle that flew JAXA science missions including Hayabusa2 and the Akatsuki Venus orbiter.

Components & hardware

Family

Engines

Launch pads

Yoshinobu Launch Complex

Knowledge connections

Operated byJAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
LaunchedHayabusa2
LaunchedEmirates Mars Mission (Hope)
ReplacedH-II
Member of familyH series
Launched fromYoshinobu Launch Complex
Powered byLE-7A
Derived fromH-II
Replaced byH3
Basis forH3

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japanese missions (Hayabusa, Akatsuki) and space science.