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

Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an Intuitive Machines lunar ... NASA astronaut Anne McClain and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi.

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 ...

Sunday’s launch, delayed by a day due to the weather, was the fourth consecutive successful flight for the H3 system after a shocking failed debut attempt last year when the rocket had to be ...

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JAXA is planning to finish the upgrades no later than the first half of fiscal 2027. The space agency has its sights set on rocket launches at one-month intervals with initial plans for at least ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- Japan on Sunday launched the Michibiki navigation satellite aboard the H3 Rocket No 5 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The H3 Rocket No 5, carrying the Michibiki ...

Japan's next-generation H3 rocket developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy ... to end in fiscal 2024 with the launch of rocket No 50. Sunday's launch marked ...