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H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Phobos.
Mission type: Planetary Science · Orbit: Mars Orbit
Rocket: H3-24 · Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Timeline
Times are relative to liftoff (T 0:00) and follow the current launch time.
- at liftoff: Liftoff First upwards movement of the rocket
- 1 minute 56 seconds after liftoff: Boosters Separation Separation of the side boosters
- 1 minute 58 seconds after liftoff: Boosters Separation Separation of the side boosters
- 3 minutes 17 seconds after liftoff: Fairing Separation Separation of the payload fairing
- 4 minutes 52 seconds after liftoff: MECO Cut-off of the main engine
- 4 minutes 59 seconds after liftoff: Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first
- 5 minutes 12 seconds after liftoff: SES-1 First start of the second engine
- 10 minutes 40 seconds after liftoff: SECO-1 First cut-off of the second engine
- 1 hour 3 minutes 57 seconds after liftoff: SES-2 Second start of the second engine
- 1 hour 10 minutes 21 seconds after liftoff: SECO-2 Second cut-off of the second engine
- 1 hour 11 minutes 12 seconds after liftoff: Payload Separation Final deployment of the payload from the rocket
Launch pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan · View on map (opens in new tab)
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