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H-2A
 H-2A-202 (GPM) [JAXA] |
 H-2A-2022 (ALOS) [JAXA] |
 H-2A-2024 (MDS 1 / VEP 3) [NASDA] |
 H-2A-204 (ETS 8) [JAXA] |
 H-2A-212 [NASDA] |
→ all launches of H-2 family vehicles
| Version | Strap-On | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| H-2A-1024 */*** | 2 × SRB-A 4 × Castor-4AXL |
LE-7A | - |
| H-2A-202 | 2 × SRB-A | LE-7A | LE-5B |
| H-2A-2022 | 2 × SRB-A 2 × Castor-4AXL |
LE-7A | LE-5B |
| H-2A-2024 | 2 × SRB-A 4 × Castor-4AXL |
LE-7A | LE-5B |
| H-2A-204 | 4 × SRB-A | LE-7A | LE-5B |
| H-2A-212 *** | 1 × LRB / 2 LE-7A 2 × SRB-A |
LE-7A | LE-5B |
| H-2A-222 *** | 2 × LRB / 2 × 2 LE-7A 2 × SRB-A |
LE-7A | LE-5B |
| H-2A-204A ** | 4 × SRB-A | LE-7A | Widebody / LE-5B |
| H-2A-222A ** | 2 × LRB / 2 × LE-7A 2 × SRB-A |
LE-7A | Widebody / LE-5B |
* = suborbital
** = under study
*** = cancelled
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-2A-1024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| H-2A-202 | 10000 | 4100 | |||||
| H-2A-2022 | 4500 | ||||||
| H-2A-2024 | 5000 | ||||||
| H-2A-204 | 6000 | ||||||
| H-2A-212 ** | 17000 | 7500 | |||||
| H-2A-222 ** | 9500 | ||||||
| H-2A-204A ** | 7000 | ||||||
| H-2A-222A ** | 10000 |
No: TNr: Serial: Type: Fair Date: LS Payload
8 1 TF1 H-2A-202 4S 29.08.2001 Ta YLP-1 VEP 2 / LRE 9 1 TF2 H-2A-2024 4/4D-LC 04.02.2002 Ta YLP-1 VEP 3 / MDS 1 / DASH 10 2 F4 H-2A-2024 4/4D-LC 10.09.2002 Ta YLP-1 USERS / DRTS 11 2 F3 H-2A-202 5S 14.12.2002 Ta YLP-1 ADEOS 2 / WEOS / FedSat 1 / Micro-Lab-Sat 1 12 3 F5 H-2A-2024 4/4D-LC 28.03.2003 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 1 / IGS-Radar 1 13 4 F6 H-2A-2024 4/4D-LC 29.11.2003 Ta YLP-1 F IGS-Optical (2) / IGS-Radar (2) 14 1 F7 H-2A-2022 5S 26.02.2005 Ta YLP-1 MTSat 1R 15 2 F8 H-2A-2022 5S 24.01.2006 Ta YLP-1 ALOS 16 5 F9 H-2A-2024 5S 18.02.2006 Ta YLP-1 MTSat 2 17 3 F10 H-2A-202 4S 11.09.2006 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 2 18 1 F11 H-2A-204 5S 18.12.2006 Ta YLP-1 ETS 8 19 6 F12 H-2A-2024 4/4D-LC 24.02.2007 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar 2 / IGS-Optical 3V 20 3 F13 H-2A-2022 4S 14.09.2007 Ta YLP-1 SELENE / Rstar / Vstar 21 7 F14 H-2A-2024 4S 23.02.2008 Ta YLP-1 WINDS 22 4 F15 H-2A-202 4S 23.01.2009 Ta YLP-1 GOSAT / SOHLA 1 / SDS 1 / SpriteSat / PRISM / Kagayaki / KKS 1 / STARS 1 24 5 F16 H-2A-202 4S 28.11.2009 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 3 25 6 F17 H-2A-202 4S 20.05.2010 Ta YLP-1 Planet C / IKAROS / DCAM 1 / DCAM 2 / UNITEC 1 / Waseda-SAT2 / Negai✰ / KSAT 26 7 F18 H-2A-202 4S 11.09.2010 Ta YLP-1 QZS 1 28 8 F19 H-2A-202 4S 23.09.2011 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 4 29 9 F20 H-2A-202 4S 12.12.2011 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar 3 30 10 F21 H-2A-202 4/4D-LC 17.05.2012 Ta YLP-1 GCOM-W / KOMPSAT 3 / SDS 4 / Horyu 2 32 11 F22 H-2A-202 4/4D-LC 27.01.2013 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar 4 / IGS-Optical 5V 34 12 F23 H-2A-202 4S 27.02.2014 Ta YLP-1 GPM-Core / STARS 2 / ShindaiSat / TeikyoSat 3 / KSAT 2 / OPUSAT / INVADER / ITF 1 35 13 F24 H-2A-202 4S 24.05.2014 Ta YLP-1 ALOS 2 / Rising 2 / UNIFORM 1 / SOCRATES / SPROUT 36 14 F25 H-2A-202 4S 07.10.2014 Ta YLP-1 Himawari 8 37 15 F26 H-2A-202 4S 03.12.2014 Ta YLP-1 Hayabusa 2 / PROCYON / DESPATCH / Shin'en 2 38 16 F27 H-2A-202 4S 01.02.2015 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar Spare 39 17 F28 H-2A-202 4S 26.03.2015 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 5 41 2 F29 H-2A-204 4S 24.11.2015 Ta YLP-1 Telstar 12V 42 18 F30 H-2A-202 4S 17.02.2016 Ta YLP-1 ASTRO H / Horyu 4 / ChubuSat 2 / ChubuSat 3 43 19 F31 H-2A-202 4S 02.11.2016 Ta YLP-1 Himawari 9 45 3 F32 H-2A-204 4S 24.01.2017 Ta YLP-1 DSN 2 46 20 F33 H-2A-202 4S 17.03.2017 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar 5 47 21 F34 H-2A-202 4S 01.06.2017 Ta YLP-1 QZS 2 48 4 F35 H-2A-204 5S 19.08.2017 Ta YLP-1 QZS 3 49 22 F36 H-2A-202 4S 09.10.2017 Ta YLP-1 QZS 4 50 23 F37 H-2A-202 4S 23.12.2017 Ta YLP-1 GCOM-C / SLATS 51 24 F38 H-2A-202 4S 27.02.2018 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 6 52 25 F39 H-2A-202 4S 12.06.2018 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar 6 54 26 F40 H-2A-202 4/4D-LC 29.10.2018 Ta YLP-1 GOSAT 2 / KhalifaSat / Diwata 2B / Ten-Koh / AUTcube 2 / STARS-AO 56 27 F41 H-2A-202 4S 09.02.2020 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 7 58 28 F42 H-2A-202 4S 19.07.2020 Ta YLP-1 Al-Amal (EMM) 59 29 F43 H-2A-202 4S 29.11.2020 Ta YLP-1 JDRS 1 60 30 F44 H-2A-202 4S 26.10.2021 Ta YLP-1 QZS 1R 61 5 F45 H-2A-204 4S 22.12.2021 Ta YLP-1 Inmarsat-6 F1 62 31 F46 H-2A-202 4S 26.01.2023 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar 7 63 32 F47 H-2A-202 4/4D-LC 06.09.2023 Ta YLP-1 XRISM / SLIM 64 33 F48 H-2A-202 4S 12.01.2024 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Optical 8 65 34 F49 H-2A-202 4S 26.09.2024 Ta YLP-1 IGS-Radar 8 Planned: 66 35 F50 H-2A-202 xx.2Q.2025 Ta YLP-1 GOSAT-GW Failures: Flight 13: one booster failed to seperate due to nozzle burn-through Launch sites: Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan
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