Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a ...

The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:51 p.m. EST Sunday night in Japan carrying the Michibiki 5 ...

The H3 failed during its debut launch in March 2023 but bounced back with five consecutive successes — until Sunday night.

The H3 rocket launched on Sunday at 8:51 p.m. ET from the Tanegashima Space Center, located on a southwestern Japanese island. The rocket’s second-stage engine burn failed to ignite on time, resulting ...

Rocket Lab’s final Electron mission of the year did more than loft another payload into orbit. By delivering a Japanese radar ...

Tokyo — A commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit was intentionally exploded shortly after liftoff Wednesday morning in central Japan following a problem that's still under ...

Japan just cancelled its new rocket launch moments before lift-off that was due on Wednesday, December 17, 2025- due to some ...

Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost Japan’s flagship H3 rocket suffered issues with its second ...

A test of an engine for Japan's upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Tuesday (Nov. 26), the second time in less than two years that this engine has met an untimely end during testing. On ...

Failure is inevitable, aerospace experts say, so Japan needs to be less afraid of making mistakes and move on.

A Japanese H3 rocket could not put a government-run QZS-5 navigation satellite into its intended orbit after engine trouble, ...