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Japanese Launch Vehicles

Japanese launch vehicles developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, including the H-IIA, H-IIB and H3 and the small solid-fuel Epsilon. A rocket belongs here when its cited article calls it a Japanese launch vehicle. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.

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H-IIA (Wikipedia)
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H-IIA (H-2A) is a retired Japanese expendable launch system that was developed and operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in collaboration with JAXA.
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H-IIB (Wikipedia)
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The H-IIB (H2B) was a Japanese expendable launch system jointly developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
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Wikipedia: H3 (rocket)
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The H3 is a Japanese medium-lift launch vehicle developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
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Epsilon (rocket) (Wikipedia)
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The Epsilon Launch Vehicle, or Epsilon rocket (イプシロンロケット, Ipushiron roketto) (formerly Advanced Solid Rocket), is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.
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