{"id":801909,"date":"2026-04-24T01:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=801909"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:21:29","slug":"launch-schedule-of-the-6th-h3-launch-vehicle-type-30-test-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=801909","title":{"rendered":"Launch Schedule of the 6th H3 Launch Vehicle (Type 30 Test Vehicle)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"elem_heading_lv2\">\n<div class=\"elem_center elem_heading_lv2_pad\">\n<p><h2>Launch Schedule of the 6th H3 Launch Vehicle (Type 30 Test Vehicle) <\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- \/elem_heading_lv2 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"right\">Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- \/elem_paragraph --><\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\">\n<p>\u2003The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hereby announces the scheduled launch of the 6th H3 Launch Vehicle (Type 30 Test Vehicle\uff09 as outlined below.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\">\n<p>\u2003The 6th H3 Launch Vehicle will carry the Vehicle Evaluation Payload-5 (VEP-5) to conduct the flight demonstration. In addition, we will capitalize on the excess launch capability of the 6th H3 Launch Vehicle by providing launch and orbit insertion opportunities for 6 small secondary payloads (piggyback payloads), PETREL, STARS-X, BRO-22, VERTECS, HORN-L and HORN-R.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\">\n<p>\u2003In response to the launch failure of the 8th H3 Launch Vehicle, final evaluations and inspections of the 6th H3 Launch Vehicle, including confirmation of the integrity of the Payload Separation System (PSS), will be conducted prior to liftoff. Furthermore, the additional flight data will be acquired to support the evaluation of the cause analysis and to improve the reliability of subsequent missions.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"launch-event-list-wrapper\" style=\"margin-bottom:2rem;\">\n<dl class=\"launch-event-list\">\n<p><dt>Launch date<\/dt>\n<p><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<dd>June 10, 2026<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<p><dt>Launch Window<\/dt>\n<p><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<dd>09:53:59 &#8211; 11:52:46 (JST) <br \/>*The time is the 24-hour clock<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<p><dt>Reserved Launch Period<\/dt>\n<p><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<dd>June 11, 2026 &#8211; June 30, 2026<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<p><dt>Launch site<\/dt>\n<p><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<dd>Yoshinobu Launch Complex, JAXA Tanegashima Space Center<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- \/area_content_main --><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/global.jaxa.jp\/press\/2026\/04\/20260424-1_e.html?rand=771667\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launch Schedule of the 6th H3 Launch Vehicle (Type 30 Test Vehicle) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency \u2003The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hereby announces the scheduled launch of the 6th&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":771669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=801909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/771669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=801909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=801909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=801909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}