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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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H3-24 | Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX)

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What this is

This H3-24 is aimed farther than a lap around Earth. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is sending it from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The ride starts as a very loud climb, then a long quiet coast.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is flying a H3-24 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Mission: Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX). The Lunar Polar Exploration mission (LUPEX) is a robotic lunar mission jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), deploying a lunar rover and lander to explore the south pole region of the Moon. JAXA will provide the under-development H3 launch vehicle and the rover, while ISRO would be responsible for the lander. Planned orbit: Lunar Orbit. Status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources. The published time can still slip. Rockets wait for weather, boats, and the range.

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From here

Too far to see

You will not see this rocket from Centennial, Colorado. It is about 6,419 miles northwest. The broadcast is the view.

That is too far for the flame and, for almost every launch, too far for the high-altitude plume. Dim the lights and watch together anyway. The clock is still loose, so daylight is a guess.

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Who is on this flight

Every company we can name, in plain words, plus a careers page when we have a real one.

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So the slip still finds you

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