Name: ispace Mission 3 — H-3 Launch
Start: 2028
Location: LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center

ispace's Mission 3 will be the first flight of its new ULTRA lunar lander, a larger and more capable design developed with a METI SBIR grant, launching on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H3 rocket. Payloads: TSUKIMI science satellite (Institute of Science Tokyo, JAXA Space Strategy Fund), LVM magnetometer and FLUTE multi-spectral camera (TASA, Taiwan), ispace's DRMU deployable insulation for night survival, the M3P rover (ispace EU), UEL's SCARAB two-wheel rover (Korea), JALUX cargo and a Control Data Systems UWB node.

The launch date is currently targeted for 2028.

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Provider	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Vehicle	H-3
Location	LA-Y2 Tanegashima Space Center Japan
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