Concept of the Next Flagship Launch System of Japan, H-X
- Paper number
IAC-12,D2,1,10,x14457
- Author
Dr. Nobuyuki Iizuka, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
- Coauthor
Mr. Shinya Ohkubo, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
- Coauthor
Dr. Nobuhiro Yamanishi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
- Coauthor
Mr. Koichi Okita, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
- Coauthor
Mr. Takashi Nakamura, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan
- Coauthor
Mr. Takanobu Kamiya, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan
- Year
2012
- Abstract
The concept of H-X as the next flagship launch system of Japan is presented. The goals of H-X is to realize autonomous sustainability with higher reliability which enables manned spaceflight, affordability. The vehicle configuration candidates for H-X in discussion and the risk mitigation activity of technology to meet the needs of H-X is presented.
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