🇯🇵Japan · 4 pads
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
112 launches have flown from the 4 pads here, the first in September 1975.
Pads
4 4 active
Launches
112
Success rate
94.9% 94/99
First flight
1975-09-09
Latest flight
2026-08-10
Location
Pads
| Pad | Status | Launches | Success | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | Active | 57 | 96.5% | 1994-02-03 | 2025-06-28 |
| Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | Active | 31 | 88.9% | 2009-09-10 | 2026-08-10 |
| Osaki Launch Complex | Active | 24 | 95.8% | 1975-09-09 | 1992-02-11 |
| Unknown Pad | Active | 0 | – | – | – |
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
10 typesLaunch cadence
decided flights per year1975Peak 2017, 6 launches2026
Site record
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 30.4008° N, 130.9777° E
- Pads
- 4 (4 active)
- Pad operators
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Top orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (33)
Recent flights
99 flights| Date | Mission | Pad | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-22 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2026-06-12 | H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-30 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-12-22 | H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-22 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit | Failure |
| 2025-10-26 | H3-24 | HTV-X1 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-24 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-06-28 | H-IIA 202 | GOSAT-GW (Ibuki GW) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-02-02 | H3-22 | Michibiki 6 (QZS-6) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-22 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2024-11-04 | H3-22 | DSN 3 (Kirameki 3) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-22 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2024-09-26 | H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 8 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-07-01 | H3-22 | Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-22 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-02-17 | H3-22 | VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-22 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-01-12 | H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 8 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2023-09-06 | H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | – | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 2023-03-07 | H3-22 | ALOS-3 (Maiden flight) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H3-22 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 2023-01-26 | H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 7 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2021-12-22 | H-IIA 204 | Inmarsat-6 F1 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2021-10-26 | H-IIA 202 | QZS-1R | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2020-11-29 | H-IIA 202 | JDRS-1 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2020-07-19 | H-IIA 202 | Hope (Emirates Mars Mission) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Heliocentric N/A | Success |
| 2020-05-20 | H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 9 (HTV-9) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H-IIB | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2020-02-09 | H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 7 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2019-09-24 | H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H-IIB | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2018-10-29 | H-IIA 202 | KhalifaSat & GOSAT-2 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2018-09-22 | H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 | H-IIB | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2018-06-12 | H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 6 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2018-02-27 | H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 6 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-12-23 | H-IIA 202 | GCOM-C1 & SLATS | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-10-09 | H-IIA 202 | Michibiki 4 (QZS-4) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-08-19 | H-IIA 204 | Michibiki 3 (QZS-3) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-06-01 | H-IIA 202 | Michibiki 2 (QZS-2) | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-03-17 | H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 5 | Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 | H-IIA | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
Each pad's full history is on its own page.
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.