Flight Date Payload nickname Payload Orbit Result
TF1 (Test Flight) February 4, 1994 Ryūsei OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment) LEO Success
Myōjō VEP (Vehicle Evaluation Payload) GTO
TF2 August 28, 1994 Kiku 6 ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite-VI) GEO Success
TF3 March 18, 1995 Himawari 5 GMS-5 (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5) GEO Success
SFU (Space Flyer Unit) LEO
F4 August 17, 1996 Midori ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) LEO Success
Fuji 3 Fuji OSCAR 29, JAS-2 LEO
F6 November 27, 1997 TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) LEO Success
Kiku 7 (Orihime & Hikoboshi) ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite-VII) LEO
F5 February 21, 1998 Kakehashi COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellites) GEO Partial failurenote 1
F8 November 15, 1999 MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite) GEO Failurenote 2
F7 Canceled Midori II ADEOS-II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II) Canceled
μ-LabSat