ETS-9 launch time, date and countdown
TBD 2026 (date TBD)
No launch date has been set yet (listed as 2026). The countdown starts once a date is announced.
Launch details
- Target
- 2026 (date TBD)
- Status
- TBD To Be Determined
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Commercial)
- Rocket
- H3-22
- Mission
- ETS-9
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country code
- JPN
Times can change. Central time is America/Chicago (CST/CDT). Source: Launch Library 2.
About this launch
ETS-9 is a launch of the H3-22 rocket operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. No launch date has been set yet. Launch Library 2 currently lists it as no earlier than 2026, so the date and time shown on this page are placeholders until a real date is announced. The launch site is Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The target orbit is Geostationary Transfer Orbit. Mission type: Communications. Launch Library 2 lists the current status as “To Be Determined”.
Mission description
The Engineering Test Satellite 9 (ETS-9) is a JAXA project aimed to develop an advanced satellite bus, or common model, for various high-throughput satellites (HTS) for communications. The new satellite bus by Mitsubishi Electric will focus specifically on advanced communication needs: - Up to 25kW of power to support HTS communications - Light mass, all-electric bus system achieved with 6kW high-power Hall thrusters (Japan-made). - High-power Hall thrusters significantly shorten delivery of orbiting satellite compared to other manufacturer’s 4.5kW-class electric-propulsion bus systems - The first Japanese geostationary satellite equipped with GPS receivers (Japan-made) for laborsaving...
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