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

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 5 satellite took off from the Tanegashima ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, says that the second stage of the eighth H3 rocket, and the satellite it was ...

It was the first-ever orbital launch attempt by a South Korean company. And, as often happens on debut liftoffs, something ...

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

The first-ever commercial rocket launched at Brazil's Alcantara Space Center crashed soon after liftoff late on Monday, ...

Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 8:51 p.m. EST ...

The problem occurred the previous day, when operators lost contact with the satellite while it was at an altitude of 418 ...

The incident, described by observers as "likely caused by an internal energetic source" rather than a collision, resulted in ...

Japan will not be able to launch satellites and probes for the time being, after the failed launch on Monday of the eighth H3 rocket, the nation's large main rocket. This has put Japan in a critical ...

Chinese rockets have logged 89 orbital launch attempts this year, less than half the number of flights by US launch vehicles.

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