🇯🇵 [JAXA / MHI] Michibiki 5 launch thread - sh.itjust.works

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-12-17 02:10 [https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=0210&d=2025-12-17] | | — | — | | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-12-17 11:10 (JST) | | Launch site | LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. | | Launch vehicle | H3-22S [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H3_(rocket)#Variants] | | Launch provider | Mitsubushi Heavy Industries / JAXA | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and deployment of Michibiki 5 into Geostationary Transfer Orbit | # Livestreams | Stream | Link | | — | — | | JAXA webcast (English) |  | | JAXA webcast (Japanese) | https://youtube.com/watch?v=N-MFZgHWWSo [https://youtube.com/watch?v=N-MFZgHWWSo] | | The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=FD6OsthGmQE [https://youtube.com/watch?v=FD6OsthGmQE] | # Stats ☑️ 3rd H3 launch this year, 7th overall # Payload info (NextSpaceflight) [https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7078] ## Michibiki 5 > 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, as well as from geostationary orbits. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a seven-spacecraft constellation.