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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is H3-22 | Michibiki 6 (QZS-6). It is scheduled to be launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 2025-02-02 08:30:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 13 out of 93 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Navigation and the payload will be injected into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).

QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation.

The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.

• [2025-02-02 08:30:00 UTC] 🟩 H3-22 | Michibiki 6 (QZS-6) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
• [2025-02-03 08:54:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-3 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-02-03 20:43:00 UTC] 🟩 Electron | IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2025-02-03 23:32:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 5 & 6 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2025-02-04 15:30:00 UTC] 🟨 New Shepard | NS-29 from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA.
• [2025-02-05 03:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos (Unknown Payload) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
• [2025-02-07 18:50:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-9 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-02-11 09:53:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Demo Flight from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-02-26 16:24:00 UTC] 🟩 Ariane 62 | CSO-3 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2025-02-27 00:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Lunar Trailblazer from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.

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