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🇯🇵 [JAXA / MHI] Michibiki 7 launch thread
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threelonmusketeers sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Scheduled for (UTC) 2026-08-10 19:23:31
Scheduled for (local) 2026-08-11 04:23:31 (JST)
Launch site LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
Launch vehicle H3-22S
Launch provider Mitsubushi Heavy Industries / JAXA
Payload Michibiki 7
Payload mass 4,900 kg
Mission success criteria Successful launch and deployment of Michibiki 7 into Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Livestreams

Stream Link
JAXA webcast (English)
JAXA webcast (Japanese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH9hQn8ebp4
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf6KihYlaIg
International Rocket Launches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aQRAtK45k

Stats

☑️ 2nd H3 launch this year, 9th overall

Payload info (NextSpaceflight)

Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)

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, as well as from geostationary orbits. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a seven-spacecraft constellation.

Michibiki 7 also carries a Space Situational Awareness payload from the US Space Force developed by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory known as the Situational Awareness Camera Hosted Instrument (SÃCHI).
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Under 5 minutes to launch. Robotic countdown lady is underway.
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Liftoff!
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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SRB separation confirmed.
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Fairing separation confirmed.
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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First stage engine cutoff confirmed.

Stage separation confirmed.

Stage 2 ignition confirmed.
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Confirmed stage 2 engine first cutoff.

Stage 2 is now in a coast phase.
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Stage 2 second ignition confirmed.
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Confirmed stage 2 engine cutoff.

Confirmed QZS-7 separation!
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