Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | H-III 22

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | H-III 22 | ALOS-3 (Maiden flight)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is scheduled to launch a H-III rocket as part of the ALOS-3 (Maiden flight) mission. The launch window for the Earth Science mission is on 12/31/2022 00:00 UTC from Tanegashima, Japan. Don’t miss this exciting rocket launch! Watch the launch video of the H-III and experience the excitement for yourself.

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Mission: ALOS-3 (Maiden flight)

Maiden flight of the H-III launch vehicle, carrying the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 (ALOS-3).

Rocket: H-III

The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.

Agency: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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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