Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)
SUCCESS
✓ Mission success
On 10 AUG · 19:23 UTC 2026, H3-22 delivered Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
- T-0 (flown)
- 10 AUG · 19:23 UTC
- Window
- 1 hr
- Rocket
- H3-22
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 · Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer OrbitGTO
Mission
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.