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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX). It is scheduled to be launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 2026-10-19 19:41:03 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 18 out of 99 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Planetary Science and the payload will be injected into a Mars Orbit (Mars).

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.

• [2026-10-19 19:41:03 UTC] 🟩 H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
• [2026-10-20 10:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-10-20 22:14:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-21 03:29:00 UTC] 🟩 Ceres-1S | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-10-21 05:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-10-22 02:50:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-23 10:07:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 6A | Unknown Payload from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-23 19:17:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 4B | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-24 05:29:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-29 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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