MBR Explorer

H3, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Launch time

No earlier than

NET Q1 2028

Quarter 1 precision To be determined

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Source updated Fri 11 Oct, 04:56 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:12 CEST

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No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 12:02 UTC.

Fri 11 Oct 2024, 02:56 UTCLL2 update
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Mission

MBR Explorer on H3 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

An United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) planetary mission to visit main belt asteroids. Named after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the spacecraft will fly by six main belt asteroids between 2030 and 2033 before rendezvousing on a seventh, Justitia, in 2034, later deploying a lander.

Mission type: Planetary Science
Orbit: Asteroid

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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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