The hydrogen-fueled engine powering the initial launch of the $1.5 billion H3 rocket in Japan worked flawlessly. But it was a more traditional second-stage engine failure after takeoff that doomed the ...

Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 8:51 p.m. EST (0151 GMT and 10:51 a.m. local Japan time on December 22). However, the ...

TOKYO(AP) — Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country's new flagship rocket and its space launch ...

TOKYO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Japanese H3 rocket could not put a government-run QZS-5 navigation satellite into its intended orbit after engine trouble, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country’s new flagship rocket and its space ...