Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

Go for Launch H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

Launch window (NET)Oct 19, 2026 — 19:41 UTC

RocketH3-24

ProviderMitsubishi Heavy Industries

Launch padYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

LocationTanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission

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.

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