Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has suffered a fresh setback, with an engine failure in its upper stage cutting short a high‑stakes mission and leaving a navigation satellite stranded short of orbit. The ...

The H3 rocket launched on Sunday at 8:51 p.m. ET from the Tanegashima Space Center, located on a southwestern Japanese island. The rocket’s second-stage engine burn failed to ignite on time, resulting ...

Japan's H3 rocket failed during the launch of the Michibiki 5 navigation satellite, marking its second failure in seven launches.

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that ...

The rumble you will hear today, Monday, January 5 2026 is the sound of rocket engine hotfire testing. Hotfire testing — a ...

A Japanese ‍H3 rocket could not put ​a ⁠navigation satellite into orbit after engine trouble, Japan's ​Aerospace ...

The Japanese H3 rocket failed to place the government-operated QZS-5 satellite into orbit due to engine issues. This failure typically prompts extensive investigations, potentially delaying Japan's ...

A surge in global space launches in 2025 also brought a spike in failures, from SpaceX and Japan’s H3 to private rockets in ...

The launch of the H3 No. 8 rocket, Japan's large core launch vehicle, has ended in failure, unable to place the Michibiki No. 5 satellite into its int ...

China’s LandSpace is challenging SpaceX with reusable rocket technology, signalling a shift in China’s space industry as it ...