H-IIB Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the H-IIB, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. It is one of the variants covered on the H-II family page.
Data current as of 2026-07-21.
H-IIB made 9 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2009 and 2020. It is part of the H-II family. All 9 flights succeeded. The busiest year was 2009, with 1 flight. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2020.
9
Launch attempts
9
Successes
0
Failures
100%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Launch sites used
Sites the H-IIB launched from, across every launch in the catalog.
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNSC | Japan | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Launch chronology
Every H-IIB launch in the catalog, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2020 | 2020-030 | H-IIB-F9 : HTV 9 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Sep 24, 2019 | 2019-062 | H-IIB-F8 : NARSScube-1, AQT-D, RWASAT-1 +1 more, HTV 8 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Sep 22, 2018 | 2018-073 | H-IIB-F7 : STARS-Me Climber, STARS-Me Koki, HTV Small Reentry Capsule +4 more, STARS-Me CV, RSP-00, SPATIUM-I, HTV 7 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Dec 9, 2016 | 2016-076 | H-IIB-F6 : STARS-C Child, Lemur FM22, Lemur FM21 +13 more, Lemur FM20, TES-5, Lemur FM19, OSNSAT, TuPOD, AOBA-VeloxIII, EGG, Waseda-SAT 3, ITF-2, TANCREDO-1, FREEDOM, STARS-C Oyaki, HTV 6 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Aug 19, 2015 | 2015-038 | H-IIB-F5 : Dove 0C51, Dove 0C71, Dove 0C47 +16 more, Dove 0C74, Dove 0C68, Dove 0C64, Dove 0C55, Dove 0C66, Dove 0C69, Dove 0C73, Dove 0C72, Dove 0C53, Dove 0C18, Dove 0C70, GOMX-3, AAUSAT5, S-CUBE, SERPENS, HTV 5 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Aug 3, 2013 | 2013-040 | H-IIB-F4 : TES-3, Ardusat-X, PicoDragon +2 more, Ardusat-1, HTV 4 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Jul 21, 2012 | 2012-038 | H-IIB-F3 : WE WISH, F-1, TES-1 +3 more, FITSAT-1, RAIKO, HTV 3 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Jan 22, 2011 | 2011-003 | H-IIB-F2 : HTV 2 | TNSC / Y2 | Success |
| Sep 10, 2009 | 2009-048 | H-IIB-TF1 : HTV 1 Gijutso jissho-ki | TNSC / Y2 | Success |