ETS-9
H3-22, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch time
No earlier than
NET 2026
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Mission
ETS-9 on H3-22 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
The Engineering Test Satellite 9 (ETS-9) is a JAXA project aimed to develop an advanced satellite bus, or common model, for various high-throughput satellites (HTS) for communications. The new satellite bus by Mitsubishi Electric will focus specifically on advanced communication needs: - Up to 25kW of power to support HTS communications - Light mass, all-electric bus system achieved with 6kW high-power Hall thrusters (Japan-made). - High-power Hall thrusters significantly shorten delivery of orbiting satellite compared to other manufacturer’s 4.5kW-class electric-propulsion bus systems - The first Japanese geostationary satellite equipped with GPS receivers (Japan-made) for laborsaving autonomous orbital transfer and orbital maneuvering.
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch timeline
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Launch pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan (JP)
Coordinates: 30.400938, 130.97564
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