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H-IIB 304 (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

H-IIB

Photo Credit: JAXA

The H-IIB 304, manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established in 1884, undertook its inaugural launch on 09/10/2009, is non-reusable and is inactive.

H-IIB 304 has 9 successful launches and 0 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 9 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.

H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station. H-IIB rockets are liquid-fuelled with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and are launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA have been primarily responsible for design, manufacture, and operation of H-IIB.

  • Length: 56.6 m
  • Diameter: 5.2 m
  • Launch Mass: 551 T
  • LEO Capacity: 16500 kg
  • GTO Capacity: 8000 kg
  • Launch Cost: $112,500,000

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. n nMHI'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.

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