The heavy-lift H3 is due to deploy the new HTV-X1 cargo resupply vehicle.
Credit: JAXA
Japan plans the first flight of the most powerful version of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 launcher as early as Oct. 21. The Japanese space agency, JAXA, says the mission will involve the so-called H3-24L version that uses two LE-9 first-stage engines and four solid rocket boosters. It also...
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