Launch Records

July 21, 2012 Updated
Launch Date
(JST)
Launch
Vehicle
MissionLaunch Site
7/21/2012 H-IIB F3 H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"3 (HTV3) TNSC
5/18/2012 H-IIA F21 Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1)
Small Demonstration Satellite-4 (SDS-4)
TNSC
1/22/2011 H-IIB F2 H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI"2 (HTV2) TNSC
9/11/2010 H-IIA F18 Quasi-Zenith Satellite-1 "MICHIBIKI" TNSC
5/21/2010 H-IIA F17 Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (PLANET-C)
Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS"
TNSC
9/11/2009 H-IIB TF1 H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI" (HTV Demonstration Flight) TNSC
7/16/2009 Space Shuttle Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" Exposed Facility KSC
1/23/2009 H-IIA F15 Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite "IBUKI" (GOSAT)
Small Demonstration Satellite-1 (SDS-1)
TNSC
6/1/2008 Space Shuttle Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" Pressurized Module KSC
3/11/2008 Space Shuttle Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" Experiment Logistics Module KSC
2/23/2008 H-IIA F14 Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite "KIZUNA" (WINDS) TNSC
9/14/2007 H-IIA F13 SELenological and ENgineering Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) TNSC
12/18/2006 H-IIA F11 Engineering Test Satellite VIII "KIKU No.8" (ETS-VIII) TNSC
9/23/2006 M-V-7 Solar Physics Satellite "HINODE" (SOLAR-B) USC
2/22/2006 M-V-8 Infrared Imaging Satellite "AKARI" (ASTRO-F) USC
2/18/2006 H-IIA F9 Multi-functional Transport Satellite-2 "Himawari-7" (MTSAT-2) TNSC
1/24/2006 H-IIA F8 Advanced Land Observing Satellite "DAICHI" (ALOS) TNSC
8/24/2005 Dnepr Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite "KIRARI" (OICETS)
INnovative-technology Demonstration Experiment "REIMEI" (INDEX)
Baikonur
7/10/2005 M-V-6 X-ray Astronomy Satellite "Suzaku" (ASTRO-EII) USC
2/26/2005 H-IIA F7 Multi-Functional Transport Satellite-1 Replacement "Himawari-6" (MTSAT-1R) TNSC

* TNSC:Tanegashima Space Center / USC:Uchinoura Space Center / KSC:Kennedy Space Center
* For other launch records apart from the above, please check the Past Projects.