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H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

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Launch Details

Date: 31 Oct 2026, 12:00 am UTC

Rocket: H3-24 (H3)

Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mission

Type: Planetary Science

Orbit: Mars Orbit

Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Description

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.