Unseenlabs is scheduled to launch BRO-22 on 10 June 2026 aboard JAXA’s H3-30 Test Vehicle from Tanegashima, placing another French commercial payload on Japan’s new mainstay launcher. The satellite will extend the company’s Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter constellation, which tracks maritime traffic through RF sensing.
BRO-22 is part of a broader multi-launcher deployment strategy that has already used Electron, Vega, PSLV and Falcon 9. Unseenlabs says the BRO satellites are CubeSats built by GomSpace and are used to detect and geolocate vessels, including ships that switch off AIS or alter their identity.
The H3 campaign carries added significance after the rocket’s upper-stage failure on 22 December 2025, when JAXA’s second ignition of the LE-5B-3 engine failed and QZS-5 could not reach its planned orbit. The June flight is therefore a key operational test for the launcher’s commercial credibility.