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https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/japans-new-h3-rocket-proved-it-works-but-will-it-catch-on-anywhere-else/
>The Japanese government approved development of the H3 rocket in 2013, and the program has cost approximately 220 billion yen (nearly $1.5 billion). JAXA funded most of the cost, while Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) serves as prime contractor for the H3 rocket. MHI will also take over commercial management of the H3 program.
>The H3 isn't a revolutionary rocket. It's an evolution of Japan's H-IIA and H-IIB rockets, which have amassed a laudable success record in more than 22 years of service.