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 ...

Japan’s H3 rocket lifted off for its seventh mission on Sunday, but an engine failure foiled its attempt to insert a navigation satellite in geostationary orbit. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

Japan’s space agency failed in its latest attempt to launch its flagship rocket, leaving it unable to place a key component of the country’s satellite positioning system into orbit. The eighth unit of ...

Japan's H3 rocket lifts off March 7 on its inaugural flight, which failed when the rocket's second stage engine failed to ignite. Credit: JAXA webcast SEOUL, South Korea — Japan’s brand-new H3 rocket ...