Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites: * PETREL * STARS-X * BRO-22 * VERTECS * HORN-L/R
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
H3-30
H3-30 Test Flight
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T-0 (UTC)00:53 UTC
VehicleH3-30
StatusSuccess
T-0 (UTC)12 June 2026 at 00:53 UTC
VehicleH3-30
Launch padYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
CountryJPN
TypeTest Flight
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