H3-30 Test Flight

Mission

H3-30 Test Flight on H3-30. Fri 12 Jun 2026, 00:53:59 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2. Source: Launch Library 2.

Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites: * PETREL * STARS-X * BRO-22 * VERTECS * HORN-L/R

Mission type

Test Flight

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff. Clock times are not shown while T-0 is unconfirmed or on hold.

1. T-0

   Liftoff

   First upwards movement of the rocket

2. T+3 min 12 s

   Fairing Separation

   Separation of the payload fairing

3. T+3 min 34 s

   MECO

   Cut-off of the main engine

4. T+3 min 42 s

   Stage 2 Separation

   Separation of the second stage from the first

5. T+3 min 54 s

   SES-1

   First start of the second engine

6. T+15 min 15 s

   SECO-1

   First cut-off of the second engine

7. T+16 min 16 s

   Payload Deployment Sequence Start

   Start of the payload deployment sequence

8. T+30 min 6 s

   Payload Deployment Sequence End

   End of the payload deployment sequence.

9. T+1 h 44 min 58 s

   SES-2

   Second start of the second engine

10. T+1 h 45 min 16 s

    SECO-2

    Second cut-off of the second engine

Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:18 UTC.

Launch pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan (JP)

Coordinates: 30.400938, 130.97564