Mission
MHI plans to launch H3-24 on the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission on 19 Oct 2026 · 19:41 UTC from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The launch window is 19:41 UTC and the target orbit is Mars. The countdown and the livestream link are on this page.
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.