VEP-5
Success
JUN 12202600:53:59 UTCMaiden flight of the H3-30S variant, and H3's return to flight after the December 2025 loss of QZS-5.
PETREL and STARS-X are part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-3 mission.
LIFTOFF
JUN 12 202600:53:59 UTC
Success
launched from LA-Y / 2 Tanegashima
aboard H3 30S F6 into LEO
Payloads · 6
- 01
VEP-5
Technology demonstration
- 02
PETREL
Astronomy
- 03
STARS-X
Technology demonstration
- 04
VERTECS
Astronomy
- 05
HORN L, R
Technology demonstration
- 06
BRO-22
SIGINT