In fact, the company's aerospace division has been one of the key players in JAXA's space missions, and it continues to work on the development of the next-gen H3 launch vehicle for the country's ...

The "H2A2022" model of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 is equipped with two Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB-A) and two Solid Strap-on Boosters (SSB). The fairing's model is the 4S.

JAXA broadcast the launch of the first Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-1) with the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) onboard from the Uchinoura ...

The automaker is investing 7 billion yen ($44.4 million) into Interstellar Technologies Inc., a startup developing orbital launch vehicles ... series of rockets for JAXA, the country's space ...

Japan has launched a navigation satellite on its flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a precise positioning system of its own.

By March 2026, JAXA plans to launch one more H-2A and four H3 rockets. The H3 is set to become Japan's main launch vehicle, as the aging H-2A approaches its final mission and the smaller Epsilon ...

The crew of the Boeing Starliner test mission is set to return to Earth ahead of schedule after managers decided to swap the ...

The H-2A’s successor, the H3, was designed to be a low-cost, high-performance launch vehicle. But its inaugural mission failed in March. Having ascertained the causes of the failure JAXA is now ...

Carrying the UAE’s KhalifaSat, the H-IIA Launch Vehicle blasts off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. Photograph courtesy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd./JAXA 4 min read In October last ...

TOKYO — Japan's space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system ...