State-operated launches
- in 2026
- 2
- past launches
- 167
- upcoming
- 11
Steady peak 5 · 2024
Japan
Active spacefaring nation
H-IIA retired in June 2025 after forty-four launches in a row without a failure. Its replacement, H3, failed on its first flight in 2023 and again in December 2025.
We track every launch from Japan. Data updated 4 hours ago.
Next launch in 9 hoursOct 19
Programme since 1963
1963 to 2028
- Other (8 rockets)
- , H2A 2001–2025
- , Mu 1966–2006
- , Lambda 1963–1979
- launcheshome and abroad
- 170
- upcoming1 with a date
- 11
- success
- 87%
- launcheshome and abroad
- 170
- upcoming1 with a date
- 11
- success
- 87%
- provider
- 1
- spaceports
- 3
3 spaceports
Where Japan’s launches lift off.
19622029
Tanegashima
100 +9
Uchinoura
66 +2
Kii
3
19622029
Fleet overview
11 rockets in Japan's fleet
Launch activity
Past launches and what's coming up
- Oct 26 202500:00 UTCOct 26 202500:00 UTCHTV-X1 Broadcast available
- Dec 22 202501:51 UTCDec 22 202501:51 UTCQZS-5 Broadcast available
- Mar 05 202602:10 UTCMar 05 202602:10 UTC
- Jun 12 202600:53 UTCJun 12 202600:53 UTCVEP-5 Broadcast available
- Aug 10 202619:23 UTCAug 10 202619:23 UTCQZS-7 Broadcast available
- Now Oct 19 · 2026
Upcoming
- Oct 19 202619:41 UTCOct 19 202619:41 UTCMartian Moons eXploration Broadcast available
- Dec 2026Dec 2026
- Q4 2026Q4 2026
- 20272027
- 20272027
Launch providers
1 commercial provider and state-operated launches from Japan
- State-operated launches 98%
- Space One 2%
Every launch from Japan has been state-operated. The programme has flown 167 launches across 10 different rockets.
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