State-operated launches
- Launches in 2026
- 1 in 2026
- Past launches
- 166 past launches
- Upcoming launches
- 12 upcoming
Steadypeak 5 · 2024
Flies H2A (retired) +8next in ~2mo
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 14 hours ago.
Next launch in 47 daysAug 6
Programmesince 1963
19632028
- Other (7 rockets)
- H2A2001–2025
- Mu1966–2006
- Lambda1963–1979
- launches, home and abroad
- 169 launches
- upcoming
- 12 upcoming
- success
- 86% success
- launches, home and abroad
- 169 launches
- upcoming
- 12 upcoming
- success
- 86% success
- provider
- 1 provider
- spaceports
- 3 spaceports
3 Spaceports
Where Japan’s launches lift off.
- Past launches
- 168 past launches
- Upcoming launches
- +12 upcoming
19622029
Tanegashima
99+10
Uchinoura
66+2
Kii
3
19622029
Fleet Overview
10 rockets in Japan's fleet
Launch Activity
Past launches and what's coming up
- Jun 28202516:33UTCJun 28202516:33UTC
- Oct 26202500:00UTCOct 26202500:00UTC
- Dec 22202501:51UTCDec 22202501:51UTC
- Mar 05202602:10UTCMar 05202602:10UTC
- Jun 12202600:53UTCJun 12202600:53UTC
- NowJun 19 · 2026
Upcoming
- Aug 06202619:30UTCAug 06202619:30UTC
- Aug2026Aug2026
- 20262026
- 20262026
- 20262026
Launch Providers
1 commercial provider and state-operated launches from Japan
- State-operated launches98%
- Space One2%
Every launch from Japan has been state-operated. The programme has flown 166 launches across 9 different rockets.
Space One
- Launches in 2026
- 1 in 2026
- Past launches
- 3 past launches
Steadypeak 2 · 2024
Operates Kairosflew ~4mo ago
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