H3 TF-2 (Dummy main payload) - Tanegashima LC-Y2 - February 17, 2024 (00:22 UTC)

[jcm]

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1758711301247807724

Three objects cataloged from the H3 launch in a 666 x 680 km x 98.1 deg sun-sync orbit with 0915 local time descending node.
Presumably CE-SAT, TIRSAT and VEP-4/Stage 2.  A bit surprised the latter was cataloged since it is already deorbited.

There are still 3 objects, whose orbit data are updated regularly.

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2024-032

Yes, so I guessed wrong. Must be a debris object of some kind.

[Asteroza]

CE-SAT-1E appears to be healthy

https://en.canon-elec.co.jp/news/successful-launch-and-communication-establishment-of-ce-sat-ie/#post

[yoichi]

https://twitter.com/mayume253/status/1758651916798886060

[Space Lizard 2]

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1758711301247807724

Three objects cataloged from the H3 launch in a 666 x 680 km x 98.1 deg sun-sync orbit with 0915 local time descending node.
Presumably CE-SAT, TIRSAT and VEP-4/Stage 2.  A bit surprised the latter was cataloged since it is already deorbited.

There are still 3 objects, whose orbit data are updated regularly.

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2024-032

Yes, so I guessed wrong. Must be a debris object of some kind.

Since CE-SAT and TIRSAT were released before the circularization burn, shouldn't they be on a more eccentric orbit?

[Galactic Penguin SST]

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1758711301247807724

Three objects cataloged from the H3 launch in a 666 x 680 km x 98.1 deg sun-sync orbit with 0915 local time descending node.
Presumably CE-SAT, TIRSAT and VEP-4/Stage 2.  A bit surprised the latter was cataloged since it is already deorbited.

There are still 3 objects, whose orbit data are updated regularly.

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2024-032

Yes, so I guessed wrong. Must be a debris object of some kind.

Since CE-SAT and TIRSAT were released before the circularization burn, shouldn't they be on a more eccentric orbit?

This launch was on a “direct-ascent” profile, no circularization burn needed.
The 2nd burn was used to de-orbit the 2nd stage.

[GWR64]

TIRSAT news, so far only in Japanese, via Google translate,  I can't copy it either, so a screenshot

https://www.jspacesystems.or.jp/news/4320.html

[russianhalo117]

MHI Second Stage

[russianhalo117]

Cross post

NHK WORLD-JAPAN
The H3 arocket: Flight after Failure - Documentary 360