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 with forty-four launches in a row without a single failure — a streak nobody else has matched. Its replacement, H3, is still finding its footing through early-flight problems.
We track every launch from Japan. Data updated less than an hour ago.
Next launch in 20 daysOct 19
Programme since 1963
1963 to 2028
- Other (7 rockets)
- , H2A 2001–2025
- , Mu 1966–2006
- , Lambda 1963–1979
- launcheshome and abroad
- 170
- upcoming
- 11
- success
- 86%
- launcheshome and abroad
- 170
- upcoming
- 11
- success
- 86%
- provider
- 1
- spaceports
- 3
3 spaceports
Where Japan’s launches lift off.
- past launches
- 169
- upcoming
- +11
19622029
Tanegashima
100 +9
Uchinoura
66 +2
Kii
3
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Fleet overview
10 rockets in Japan's fleet
Launch activity
Past launches and what's coming up
- Oct 26 202500:00 UTCOct 26 202500:00 UTC
- Dec 22 202501:51 UTCDec 22 202501:51 UTC
- Mar 05 202602:10 UTCMar 05 202602:10 UTC
- Jun 12 202600:53 UTCJun 12 202600:53 UTC
- Aug 10 202619:23 UTCAug 10 202619:23 UTC
- Now Sep 29 · 2026
Upcoming
- Oct 19 202619:41 UTCOct 19 202619:41 UTC
- Dec 2026Dec 2026
- 20262026
- 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 9 different rockets.
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