Launch vehicle · JAXA

H3

RocketsMedium-lift

Imagery

KSC-2010-4355 — KSC-2010-4355
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, is installed onto the Express Logistics Carrier-3, or ELC-3, after t…
2010
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
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Overview

JAXA's new-generation launch vehicle with the expander-bleed LE-9 engine, designed for lower cost and higher flexibility than the H-IIA.

Components & hardware

Family

Engines

Launch pads

Yoshinobu Launch Complex

Knowledge connections

ReplacedH-IIA
Member of familyH series
Operated byJAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
Launched fromYoshinobu Launch Complex
Powered byLE-9
Derived fromH-IIA

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

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