---
title: "H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight"
url: "https://nova-maind.com/launches/2026-086"
date_utc: "2026-06-12T00:53:59.000Z"
vehicle: "H3"
operator: "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries"
site: "Tanegashima Space Center, Japan"
outcome: "success"
publisher: "NovΔ mAInd (https://nova-maind.com)"
---

# H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight

> H3-30 launched H3-30 Test Flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on 12 June 2026 at 00:53 UTC. Outcome: success. Operator: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites:

* PETREL

* STARS-X

* BRO-22

* VERTECS

* HORN-L/R