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Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)

JAXA / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H3 Flight 10

Four H3 rocket configurations with different boosters and fairings.
JAXA’s illustration of the H3 rocket family. JAXA.

At a glance

Status
scheduled
Provider
JAXA / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Vehicle
H3 Flight 10
Window
19 October 2026 · 19:41 UTC
From
Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Destination
Mars transfer trajectory
Last verified
8 October 2026

The payload

Japan’s mission to study Mars’s moons and return samples from Phobos. JAXA targets 20 October at 04:41:03 Japan Standard Time, which is 19 October at 19:41:03 UTC. The reserve period runs from 21 October to 7 November in Japan.

Status history

  1. 8 Oct 2026JAXA’s published launch schedule checked; the launch remains planned.

Related

The launch deskThe mission boardLaunch data

Sources

  • global.jaxa.jp · https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/08/20260820-1_e.html