Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H3-22
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Launch Details
Launch Date
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Rocket
H3-22
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch Window
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Launch date history
No date changes since Orbit started tracking this launch on 27 Sep 2026.
Mission Progress
Current Stage
Liftoff
Main engines ignite and the vehicle clears the tower
4 of 9 stages complete
56%
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- Announced
Mission confirmed and added to the launch manifest
- Vehicle Integration
Rocket assembled and transported to the launch pad
- Pre-Launch Checks
Fuelling, systems checks, and final go/no-go polling
- Launch Window Open
Countdown active — T-0 within the launch window
- Liftoff
Main engines ignite and the vehicle clears the tower
- Max-Q
Maximum aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle
- MECO / Stage Separation
Main engine cutoff and first stage separates
- Second Stage Ignition
Upper stage engine ignites to continue to orbit
- Orbit Insertion
Payload deployed to target orbit — primary mission success
Launch Provider
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
CommercialMHIMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
Founded1884
Total launches58
CountryJPN
Rocket & Vehicle
H3-22
H322
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Lat 30.401
Lng 130.976
Launches from pad18
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