Earth orbit
Michibiki No. 7 (QZS-7) Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
The QZSS is a Japanese satellite navigation system that augments the U.S. GPS in the Asia-Pacific region. QZS-7 will be launched on H3 flight no. 9 on an H3 Model 22 vehicle. QZS-7 would have completed the 7-satellite configuration of the QZSS but QZS-6 was lost in a Dec 2025 launch failure. In addition to the main payload, it carries a Situational Awareness Camera Hosted Instrument (SACHI), a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) payload developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory for the U.S. Space Force. A similar camera piggybacked on the QZS-5 satellite as well.
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The QZSS is a Japanese satellite navigation system that augments the U.S. GPS in the Asia-Pacific region. QZS-7 will be launched on H3 flight no. 9 on an H3 Model 22 vehicle. QZS-7 would have completed the 7-satellite configuration of the QZSS but QZS-6 was lost in a Dec 2025 launch failure. In addition to the main payload, it carries a Situational Awareness Camera Hosted Instrument (SACHI), a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) payload developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory for the U.S. Space Force. A similar camera piggybacked on the QZS-5 satellite as well.
The launch
- Launch
- Aug 10
- Launch location
- LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center
- Launch vehicle
- H-3
- Orbit
- Earth orbit
Launch intelligence
A JAXA H-3 rocket launched the Michibiki No. 7 (QZS-7) Quasi-Zenith Satellite System mission on Monday, August 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- JAXA
- Vehicle
- H-3
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2026-182
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Aug 10, 2026, 19:23 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Aug 10
- Pad and location
- LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center
Mainly Clear · 84°F · Wind 20 mph
- Temperature
- 84.3°F
- Wind
- 19.5 mph
- Condition
- Mainly Clear
- Forecast updated
- Aug 10, 2026, 10:00 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
Gallery
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