Upcoming launches
H3-22 | ETS-9
The Engineering Test Satellite 9 (ETS-9) is a JAXA project aimed to develop an advanced satellite bus, or common model, for various high-throughput satellites (HTS) for communications.
The new satellite bus by Mitsubishi Electric will focus specifically on advanced communication needs:
- Up to 25kW of power to support HTS communications
- Light mass, all-electric bus system achieved with 6kW high-power Hall thrusters (Japan-made).
- High-power Hall thrusters significantly shorten delivery of orbiting satellite compared to other manufacturer’s 4.5kW-class electric-propulsion bus systems
- The first Japanese geostationary satellite equipped with GPS receivers (Japan-made) for laborsaving autonomous orbital transfer and orbital maneuvering.
| Organization | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | H3-22 |
| Location | Tanegashima Space Center, Japan |
| Country | JPN |
| Date | Approximate |
| Status | To Be Determined |
| Outcome | — |
| Recorded slips | — |
Provenance
| Source | Launch Library 2 — Upcoming launches |
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| Feed | ll2/launches/upcoming |
| Provider data as of | not stated |
| First observed here | 9 Oct 2026, 20:14 EDT |
| Last observed here | 10 Oct 2026, 20:02 EDT |
| In latest snapshot | Yes |
| Record identifier | e397dcea-7267-5aab-bd10-e0dd702bc6a5 |
Local observation history
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