4 hours ago · A Japanese H3 rocket launches the Michibiki 5 navigation satellite from Tanegashima Space Center on Dec. 21, 2025. The rocket suffered a problem with its second stage, resulting in a …

13 hours ago · The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, says the eighth launch of the H3 rocket has ended in failure due to a problem with the second stage engine.

4 hours ago · A spokesperson for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, right, speaks on Monday at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Yomiuri Shimbun 17:06 JST, …

3 hours ago · Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country's new flagship rocket and its space launch …

6 hours ago · A Japanese H3 rocket carrying the sixth satellite in a seven-orbiter geolocation system failed to deliver its payload into orbit after lift-off on Monday, the country’s science ministry said ...

3 hours ago · Japan's flagship H3 rocket failed to launch a geolocation satellite into orbit on Monday due to engine failure, the country's space agency said.

9 hours ago · TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese H3 rocket carrying the sixth satellite in a seven-orbiter geolocation system failed to deliver its payload into orbit after liftoff on Monday, the country's science ...

13 hours ago · A Japanese H3 rocket could not put a government-run QZS-5 navigation satellite into its intended orbit after engine trouble, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on Monday.

7 hours ago · TOKYO -- Japan's attempt to launch an H3 rocket on Monday failed about 30 minutes after liftoff, as its second-stage engine "experienced a premature e

4 hours ago · The H3 rocket that carried the satellite was able to lift off, but its second-stage rocket engine did not start properly and stopped burning prematurely.