The H-ⅡA launch vehicle No. 26 was launched at 1:22:04 ｐ.m on December 3, 2014. from the Tanegashima Space Center, and successfully put the Hayabusa2 into its scheduled orbit. IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. was involved at every step in the development and manufacture of the H-ⅡA's solid rocket boosters (SRB-A), the pyrotechnics for the stage separation and the second-stage reaction control gas jets, and also provided launch support at the site. We also took charge of the re-entry capsule of the Hayabusa2 and a part of Small Carry-on Impactor which is a device to create an artificial crater of the asteroid, by which we can acquire data not only about surface but also about the inside of the asteroid.

The H-ⅡA launch vehicle No. 25 was launched at 2:16:00 ｐ.m on Oct 7, 2014　from the Tanegashima Space Center, and successfully put the Himawari-8 into its scheduled orbit. IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. was involved at every step in the development and manufacture of the H-ⅡA's solid rocket boosters (SRB-A), the pyrotechnics for the stage separation and the second-stage reaction control gas jets, and also provided launch support at the site.

The H-ⅡA launch vehicle No. 24 was launched at 12:05:14 ｐ.m on May 24, 2014. from the Tanegashima Space Center, and successfully put the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 “DAICHI-2”(ALOS-2) into its scheduled sun-synchronous orbit. IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. was involved at every step in the development and manufacture of the H-ⅡA's solid rocket boosters (SRB-A), the pyrotechnics for the stage separation and the second-stage reaction control gas jets, and also provided launch support at the site. IA also participated in the manufacture and assembly of propulsion components in DAICHI-2.

IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. is proud to announce its exhibition (Booth No.5 in the Glass Gallery) jointly with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at the 4th Space Propulsion 2014 in Cologne, Germany from May 19th to 22th (http://www.propulsion2014.com/). If you are interested in our products (http://www.ihi.co.jp/ia/en/) and know more details, please feel free to contact us from “contact us" page for arranging on-site meeting. We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference.

IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. is proud to announce our exhibition at 30th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA from May 19th to 22th with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.(MHI), NEC Corporation and Pasco Corporation.(Boeing Exhibit Center Pavilion Booth No.1313) If you are interested in our products (http://www.ihi.co.jp/ia/en/) and know more details, please feel free to contact us for arranging on-site meeting. We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference.

The H-ⅡA launch vehicle No. 23 was launched on February 28, 2014, at 03:37 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center, and sent the　Global　Precipitation　Measurement（GPM）　core observatory onboard into its scheduled orbit. IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. was involved at every step in the development and manufacture of the H-ⅡA's solid rocket boosters (SRB-A), the pyrotechnics for the separation of rocket stages, and the second-stage reaction control, gas jets, and also provided support for the liftoff at the launch site.