MHI has reported today that the final H-IIA rocket has been completed and it will be shipped to Tanegashima in the next few days.The payload is JAXA's GOSAT-GW per previous Japanese government documents.
Scheduled for Sep 28, 2024The final H-2A rocket is scheduled to be launched this fiscal year. The landing of the 50th rocket at Tanegashima will be broadcast live from Shimama Port. The start time of the work and the time of the live broadcast may change depending on the arrival time of the cargo ship. Any time changes will be announced on NVS's SNS. Mastodon https://mstdn.jp/@nvslive
Scheduled for Sep 29, 2024The final H-2A rocket is scheduled to be launched this fiscal year. The transportation of the 50th rocket to the Tanegashima Space Center will be live-streamed from Minamitane Town. The live stream may be changed or canceled without notice due to weather conditions.
The final H-IIA rocket, No. 50, departs for Tanegashima Space Center
The rocket’s 50th launch will be its last. The final H-2A core stage is now completed and is scheduled for shipment to the Tanegashima Space Center, MHI announced in a Sept. 25 statement. That launch, expected in late 2024, will carry the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gasses and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW) satellite.
Ascending node:13:30±15 minutes(Same as GCOM-W (SHIZUKU))
Last launch of H2A rocket, delayed satellite development, postponed to next fiscal year9th December 2024The launch of the 50th and final H2A rocket, which has been in operation for many years as Japan's main rocket, is expected to be postponed to next fiscal year due to delays in the development of the satellites to be carried on it.[...]The launch of the 50th satellite, which will be the last one, was scheduled to take place during this fiscal year, but according to the revised schedule of the schedule for future space development presented by the Space Policy Committee of the Cabinet Office on the 9th, it is expected to be postponed to the next fiscal year.According to the Cabinet Office, the reason for the postponement is the delay in the development of satellites to observe greenhouse gases mounted on rockets.[...](Google Translate from Japanese)
[#H2A最終号機🚀 ]The third time was the VOS (body standing up) of the core vehicle. Preparations for launch have finally begun! I can't stop staring at its majestic, towering form!
QuoteComtech Telecommunications Corp. (“Comtech”), pursuant to Section 25.120 of the Commission’s rules, hereby requests Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) to operate its fixed transmit/receive earth station at Yona, Guam for a period of up to 180 days to communicate with satellites to be launched during this period by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (“JAXA”). Comtech has provided similar services under previously granted STAs under ICFS File Nos. SES-STA-20231025-02265 and SES-STA-20240409-00796, the latter of which expired in December 2024.The new STA is intended to cover multiple launches using H2A and H3 launch vehicles during which Comtech’s monitoring services will be required. The first launch using an H2A rocket (F50) is expected to occur as early as June 1, 2025. The payload to be placed in earth orbit will be the Global Observing Satellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW) to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center (“TNSC”) in Japan.[...]
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (“Comtech”), pursuant to Section 25.120 of the Commission’s rules, hereby requests Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) to operate its fixed transmit/receive earth station at Yona, Guam for a period of up to 180 days to communicate with satellites to be launched during this period by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (“JAXA”). Comtech has provided similar services under previously granted STAs under ICFS File Nos. SES-STA-20231025-02265 and SES-STA-20240409-00796, the latter of which expired in December 2024.The new STA is intended to cover multiple launches using H2A and H3 launch vehicles during which Comtech’s monitoring services will be required. The first launch using an H2A rocket (F50) is expected to occur as early as June 1, 2025. The payload to be placed in earth orbit will be the Global Observing Satellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW) to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center (“TNSC”) in Japan.[...]
2025-04-23 16:10The last H2A to be launched on June 24th = No. 50, carrying an observation satellite - Tanegashima, KagoshimaOn the 23rd, it was learned from an interview with a related person that the final H2A rocket No. 50, which began operation in 2001, will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 24th. The H2A will now be retired and replaced by the successor H3 rocket....The 50th launch was originally scheduled for last year, but was postponed due to delays in the development of the Greenhouse Gases and Water Cycle Observation Satellite GOSAT-GW, which it will be carrying.
The final launch of Japan's flagship H2A rocket, No. 50, is scheduled for next month. On the 20th, the satellite that will be on board was unveiled at the Tanegashima Space Center.
(JAXA GOSAT-GW Project Manager Yasushi Kojima) "It is very moving to launch the final H2A rocket. We are grateful, but at the same time, we hope that the final rocket will be launched properly."The H2A No. 50 is scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on the 24th of next month.
