H-II (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
The H-II, manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established in 1884, undertook its inaugural launch on 02/03/1994, is non-reusable and is inactive.
H-II has 6 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 7 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
The H-II rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999 with 5 successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites in the 1990s. It was the first two stage liquid fuelled rocket Japan made using only domestic technologies.
- Length: 49 m
- Diameter: 4 m
- Launch Mass: 260 T
- LEO Capacity: 10060 kg
- GTO Capacity: 3930 kg
Manufacturer
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
President: Seiji Izumisawa
Mitsubishi 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.
