# JAXA H3 Test Launch Two

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/jaxa-h3-test-launch-two/4362
**Category:** The Happening World
**Tags:** jaxa, h3-rocket, space
**Created:** [12 February 2024 03:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/jaxa-h3-test-launch-two/4362 "2024-02-12T03:12:16Z")
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### Author: ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [12 February 2024 03:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/jaxa-h3-test-launch-two/4362/1 "2024-02-12T03:12:16Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/a/f/af0ca67cca95a1ea29aba7aee4ff2e59f29ea894.jpeg "LIVE: JAXA Second H3 Launch Vehicle Test | VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApzHDvROiXc)

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will attempt the second test flight of its H3 rocket on 2024-02-17 with an appropriately long yet oddly precise launch window of 00:22:55-04:06:34 UTC. The launch will be from Tanegashima Space Center Launch Pad 2. The [H3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H3_(rocket)) is a two-stage liquid-fueled LH2 / LOX rocket with optional SRB-3 solid rocket boosters.

The first test ended in failure last year:

> [@Japanese H3 Rocket Fails on First Launch Attempt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/japanese-h3-rocket-fails-on-first-launch-attempt/2848):
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> [[BREAKING! Japan 1st H3 Rocket Launch Failure] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R25fRZ26-dM&t=3646s) Japan’s [H3 launch vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H3_(rocket)), jointly designed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japanese space agency JAXA failed on its first launch attempt, which was to place the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS-3) in a 669 km circular Sun-synchronous orbit. The H3, under development for a decade, is intended to reduce the cost of launch from the elevated level of the H-IIB booster it is replacing. An earlier launch attempt on 2023-02-1…

Feb 14 edit from 2024-02-14 02:22:55-06:06:34 UTC due to weather

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### Author: ![TrinityWaters](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/trinitywaters/32/85_2.png) [@TrinityWaters](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/TrinityWaters)
#### Post date: [12 February 2024 19:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/jaxa-h3-test-launch-two/4362/2 "2024-02-12T19:08:11Z")

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Thanks for posting these reminders of upcoming activity. H3 will fly straight and true this time around!