Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H3-24 · Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Scheduled for
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:41:03 GMT
Countdown
43d 18h 33m
Status: Go for Launch
The 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.
Launch details
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Rocket
- H3-24
- Launch pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Orbit
- Mars Orbit
- Window
- 19:41–19:41 UTC
Weather at the launch site
Launch data: The Space Devs / Launch Library 2. Launch times change frequently.