Scheduled for (UTC) 2025-02-02 08:30
Scheduled for (local) 2025-02-02 17:30 (JST)
Launch site LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
Launch vehicle H3-22S
Launch provider Mitsubushi Heavy Industries / JAXA
Mission success criteria Successful launch and deployment of Michibiki 6 into Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Livestreams

Stream Link
JAXA webcast (English)
JAXA webcast (Japanese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZkj9FkYMyQ
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_cVfoCYdm8

Stats

☑️ 1st launch from LA-Y2 this year

☑️ 1st launch out of Japan this year

☑️ 1st H3 launch this year, 5th overall

Payload info (NextSpaceflight)

Michibiki 6

QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation.

The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.