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07 Dec 2025
02:30 Minute
launch status: Go
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ H3-22 – Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Commercial) — Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO) — Navigation
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ (Government)

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
Year
launch status: TBD
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ H3-22 – Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Commercial) — Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO) — Navigation
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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.

Q1 2026
Quarter 1
launch status: TBD
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Vulcan – WGS-11ULA (Commercial) — Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO) — Communications
Space Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Last mission of the Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) series.