SuccessOrbital launch
H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Orbit
- Mars Orbit (Mars)
- Rocket
- H3-24
Launched Oct 19, 2026, 3:41 PM ET
Reached orbit (Mars Orbit).
Launch Library gives this time to the second.
STATUS
Launch Successful. The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
SCHEDULE HISTORY
Tracked since Sep 23. The date has not changed, only the status.
- Sep 23First recorded: Oct 19, 2026, 3:41 PM ET · Go
- Oct 19Oct 19, 2026, 3:41 PM ET · Success
MISSION
- Mission
- Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit
- Mars Orbit (Mars)
MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Phobos.
ROCKET AND PROVIDER
- Rocket
- H3-24
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (commercial)
LAUNCH SITE
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Source: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), record updated Oct 23, 2026, 10:15 PM ET. Times are US Eastern. Every launch SpaceDew tracks