🇯🇵Japan Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt attributed to Japan, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. Country is the launching state of the pad.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Japan made 144 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1966 and 2026. Of those, 125 succeeded and 19 failed. The success rate comes to 87 percent. The busiest year was 2017, with 7 launches. Japan has launched 2 times in 2026 so far. Launches took place from 4 sites.
144
Launch attempts
125
Successes
19
Failures
87%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
| Year | Attempts | Successes | Failures | Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 1994 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 1991 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1990 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1989 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1988 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1987 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1986 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1985 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1984 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1983 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 1981 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1980 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1979 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 1978 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1976 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 1975 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 1971 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1970 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| 1967 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| 1966 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Launch sites
Counts for each GCAT launch site attributed to Japan.
Recent launches
The most recent launches attributed to Japan, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Vehicle | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | 2026-132 | H3-F6 : STARS-X Climber, STARS-X Daughter, VEP-5 +6 more, HORN-R, VERTECS, HORN-L, BRO-22, PETREL, STARS-X Mother | H3-30S | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 2026-F04 | 3 : AETS-1, NUTSAT-3, SC-Sat-1a +2 more, HErO, Tatara-1R | Kairos | KII / LC1 | Failure |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 2025-U06 | H3-F8 : QZS-5 | H3-22S | TNSC / Y2 | Failure |
| Oct 26, 2025 | 2025-241 | H3-F7 : Tenkoh-2, HMU-SAT2, LEOPARD +5 more, UiTMSAT-2, Gxiba-1, CORAL, KNACKSAT-2, HTV-X1 | H3-24W | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 2025-141 | H-IIA-50 : GOSAT-GW | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 2025-023 | H3-F5 : QZS-6 | H3-22S | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Dec 18, 2024 | 2024-F04 | 2 : Unknown cubesat, PARUS-T1A, SC-Sat-1 +2 more, Ishiki, Tatara-1 | Kairos | KII / LC1 | Failure |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 2024-198 | H3-F4 : DSN 3 | H3-22S | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Sep 26, 2024 | 2024-176 | H-IIA-49 : IGS Radar-8 | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Jul 1, 2024 | 2024-123 | H3-F3 : ALOS-4 | H3-22S | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 2024-F01 | 1 : Tanki Uchiagegata Kogata | Kairos | KII / LC1 | Failure |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 2024-032 | H3-TF2 : TIRSAT, VEP-4, CE-SAT-1E | H3-22S | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Jan 12, 2024 | 2024-010 | H-IIA-48 : IGS Optical-8 | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 2023-137 | H-IIA-47 : SORA-Q, LEV-1, SLIM +1 more, XRISM | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2023-F03 | H3-TF1 : ALOS-3 | H3-22S | TNSC / Y2 | Failure |
| Jan 26, 2023 | 2023-012 | H-IIA-46 : IGS Radar-7 | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Oct 12, 2022 | 2022-F04 | E-6 : FSI-SAT, KOSEN-2, MAGNARO +5 more, WASEDA-SAT-ZERO, MITSUBA, QPS-SAR 4, QPS-SAR 3, RAISE-3 | Epsilon | USC / EP | Failure |
| Dec 22, 2021 | 2021-128 | H-IIA-45 : Inmarsat 6 F1 | H-IIA 204 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Nov 9, 2021 | 2021-102 | E-5 : DRUMS Target 2, DRUMS Target 1, ARICA +8 more, KOSEN-1, DRUMS, Hibari, Z-SAT, NanoDragon, RAISE-2, TeikyoSat-4, ASTERISC | Epsilon | USC / EP | Success |
| Oct 26, 2021 | 2021-096 | H-IIA-44 : QZS-1R | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Nov 29, 2020 | 2020-089 | H-IIA-43 : Hikari deta chukei eisei | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Jul 19, 2020 | 2020-047 | H-IIA-42 : Hope Probe | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| May 20, 2020 | 2020-030 | H-IIB-F9 : HTV 9 | H-IIB | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Feb 9, 2020 | 2020-009 | H-IIA-41 : IGS Optical-7 | H-IIA 202 | TNSC / Y | Success |
| Sep 24, 2019 | 2019-062 | H-IIB-F8 : NARSScube-1, AQT-D, RWASAT-1 +1 more, HTV 8 | H-IIB | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
Showing the latest 25 of 144 launches.