H3 (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
The H3 is a non-reusable, active launch vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (established in 1884). It undertook its inaugural launch on an unknown date.
The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.
H3 Specifications
| Length | 63 m |
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| Diameter | 5.27 m |
| Stages | 2 |
| Launch Mass | 574 T |
| GTO Capacity | 6500 kg |
| Launch Cost | $50,000,000 |
H3 Launch Record
| Pending Launches | 1 |
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Manufacturer
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.