H-IIA Launch Vehicle

Japanese Main Large-scale Launch Vehicle
H-IIA is Japan's primary large-scale launch vehicle equipped with high-performance engines with liquid oxygen and hydrogen as propellants. Its operability is highly flexible as it can launch payloads (mainly satellites) of various weights, and inject them into different orbits in the space. Therefore, it is categorized one of the world top-level launch vehicles both in technology and launch costs.
JAXA (NASDA at that time) successfully launched the H-IIA F1 in Aug. 2001, and full-scale operations for launching practical satellites started with the H-IIA F3. However, the H-IIA F6 failed in Nov. 2003. After a thorough investigation, the cause of the failure was found to be the sold rocket booster (SRB-A).

JAXA performed numerous experiments and tests to modify the troubled parts, including the shape of the injector. H-IIA F7 launched in 26 Feb. 2005 and could carry a satellite into the scheduled orbit.

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Science & Technology

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• H-II
• H2
• H2A
• Japan
• rocket

[inagod]

excellent,the japanese have proved that they can compete with the best.The Americans tested and tested to achieve the reliability they now have,its by far the most technical endeavor anny nation can take on.

[lexichronicle2]

Strap-ons make you powerful! Buy now!

[tlages]

Can we please have a cheaper launch platform? It would make things 100x easier.

[Tupiii89]

Japanese don't give up easily, do they. :D