H-II rocket family

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The H-II rocket family is a series of Japanese liquid-fueled expendable launch vehicles developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for placing satellites and spacecraft into orbit.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
H-II 3
H-II rocket family canonical 2
H-II rocket 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system
launch vehicle family
abbreviation H-II rocket family self-linksurface differs
surface form: H-II
agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
boosters solid rocket boosters
countryOfOrigin Japan
designFeature cryogenic first stage
cryogenic second stage
developer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
surface form: National Space Development Agency of Japan
firstFlightDate 1994-02-03
firstFlightSite Tanegashima Space Center
Tanegashima Space Center
surface form: Yoshinobu Launch Complex
firstFlightVehicle H-II rocket family self-linksurface differs
surface form: H-II
firstStageOxidizer liquid oxygen
firstStagePropellant liquid hydrogen
fuelType cryogenic propellant
launchCapability geostationary transfer orbit
low Earth orbit
launchesFrom Tanegashima Space Center
launchType orbital launch vehicle
launchVehicleVariant H-II rocket family self-linksurface differs
surface form: H-II

H-IIA launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIA

H-IIB launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIB
manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
market commercial launch market
institutional launch market
notablePayload Himawari weather satellites
communications satellites
operator Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
surface form: JAXA

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
precededBy H-I rocket
primaryMission commercial satellite launch
government satellite launch
propulsionType liquid-fueled
stageConfiguration two-stage
status retired
successor H-IIA launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIA

H-IIB launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIB
technologyOrigin domestically developed core stage
upperStageOxidizer liquid oxygen
upperStagePropellant liquid hydrogen
usedFor satellite launch
spacecraft launch
usedInProgram Japanese space program

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

H-IIB launch vehicle family H-II rocket family
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission launchVehicle H-II rocket family
this entity surface form: H-II rocket
H-II rocket family abbreviation H-II rocket family self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: H-II
H-II rocket family firstFlightVehicle H-II rocket family self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: H-II
H-II rocket family launchVehicleVariant H-II rocket family self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: H-II
LE-5B usedOnVehicleFamily H-II rocket family
this entity surface form: H-II series
Engineering Test Satellite series launchVehicleUsed H-II rocket family
this entity surface form: H‑II rocket
H-2B family H-II rocket family