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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

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Sony’s Small Optical Link for International Space Station (SOLISS) was launched to the International Space Station in September 2019 aboard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H‑2B rocket.

Mentioned as: mitsubishi heavy industriesTechnical ProductJan 19, 2022Sony putting camera in orbit for shutterbugs, not scientists

Inmarsat’s first dual-band telecommunications satellite launched 2021-12-22 aboard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-2A rocket.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Org RelationshipDec 22, 2021MHI launches Inmarsat’s first dual-band satellite

MHI Launch Services has a success rate of 98.1% and has provided 47 consecutive successful launches.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralNov 4, 2021Inmarsat Selects Mitsubishi Heavy Industries To Launch The I-6 F1 Satellite

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is providing a dedicated launch service for the I-6 F1 launch using an H-IIA Launch Vehicle configured as H2A204/4S with four SRB-A solid rocket boosters and a 4-meter-diameter payload fairing.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralNov 4, 2021Inmarsat Selects Mitsubishi Heavy Industries To Launch The I-6 F1 Satellite

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. will launch Inmarsat’s first Inmarsat-6 satellite (I-6 F1) using H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 45 (HIIA F45).

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Org RelationshipNov 4, 2021Inmarsat Selects Mitsubishi Heavy Industries To Launch The I-6 F1 Satellite

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. manufactured the Michibiki No. 1 satellite.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralOct 26, 2021An H2A Launch Vehicle Pushes Another GPS Satellite To Orbit For Japan

On 2021-07-27, Astroscale Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to cooperate on active debris removal and other projects for improving space environmental protection.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Org RelationshipJul 27, 2021Astroscale Advances On-Orbit Servicing Technologies with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Government of Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries provides rocket launch and launch transportation services and has extensive experience as a launch service provider.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralJul 27, 2021アストロスケール、三菱重工と軌道上デブリ除去に関するMOUを締結 宇宙の持続利用を目指し、環境改善のための協議を開始

Inmarsat is partnering with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to develop the InRange telemetry relay system.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesOrg RelationshipMar 19, 2021Inmarsat gets funding to develop satellite-based telemetry relay network for rocket launches

The first stage of the 5.2-meter-diameter H3 launcher was unveiled at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Tobishima plant in Aichi Prefecture on 2021-01-24.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Technical ProductJan 26, 2021JAXA ships new H3 rocket to Tanegashima Space Center for testing

The first Inmarsat-6 satellite is built by Airbus Defence & Space and is due to be launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries later in 2021.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Org RelationshipJan 6, 2021Inmarsat Will Expand Their GX Satellite Fleet

Hayabusa2 launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket in December 2014.

Mentioned as: mitsubishi heavy industriesTechnical ProductDec 5, 2020Hayabusa2 delivers asteroid samples to Earth after six-year voyage

Ko Ogasawara, MHI vice president and general manager for space systems, affirmed the end-of-2020 H3 schedule in March at the Satellite 2020 conference with the ALOS-3 Earth science satellite as the planned payload.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralSep 11, 2020First H3 launch slips to 2021

With both modified launchpads at Tanegashima, MHI aims to launch up to 10 H3 rockets per year, with up to six of those launches for commercial customers.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative PlanMar 25, 2020MHI pressing through pandemic toward late 2020 H3 rocket debut

MHI has announced one commercial H3 mission for British satellite operator Inmarsat scheduled for 2022.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralMar 25, 2020MHI pressing through pandemic toward late 2020 H3 rocket debut

After the Kounotori-9 launch, MHI will modify the H2B launchpad at Tanegashima to enable H3 missions by supporting different attach points and changing rocket exhaust pathways to reduce acoustic vibration during liftoff.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative PlanMar 25, 2020MHI pressing through pandemic toward late 2020 H3 rocket debut

MHI completed an H2A launch in February 2020 that orbited an Information Gathering Satellite for the Japanese military.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralMar 25, 2020MHI pressing through pandemic toward late 2020 H3 rocket debut

MHI completed first-stage hot-fire tests with the H3’s LE-9 liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engines early in 2020.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralMar 25, 2020MHI pressing through pandemic toward late 2020 H3 rocket debut

Inmarsat’s Inmarsat-6 F1 is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket and Inmarsat-6 F2 is scheduled for launch in 2021 on a to-be-announced launcher, with both satellites sourced from Airbus.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Org RelationshipNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries could upgrade the H3 rocket to deliver cargo to the moon as soon as 2025.

Mentioned as: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)Narrative GeneralOct 25, 2019Mitsubishi Heavy Industries mulls upgraded H3 rocket variants for lunar missions
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