H-II

Overview

Japan's first entirely domestically developed launch vehicle, using cryogenic LH2/LOX stages.

Components & hardware

Knowledge connections

• Member of familyH series
• Operated byJAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
• Launched fromYoshinobu Launch Complex
• Replaced byH-IIA
• Basis forH-IIA

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Japanese missions (Hayabusa, Akatsuki) and space science.