Japan’s space agency announced plans for seven or more lift-offs annually of its flagship H3 rocket from the Kagoshima ...

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

H3 project manager for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. Officials said it is expected to reach its targeted geospatial orbit in about two weeks. Japan currently has the quasi ...

Japan launched a navigation satellite early Sunday morning (Feb. 2), the nation's first liftoff of 2025. An H3 rocket launched the Michibiki 6 spacecraft from Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday at ...

The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite successfully lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island. Everything so far has been as planned, the Japan Aerospace ...

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 ...

Everything went smoothly and the satellite successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 29 minutes after the liftoff, said Makoto Arita, H3 project manager for the Japan Aerospace ...