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 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 failed during the launch of the Michibiki 5 navigation satellite, marking its second failure in seven launches.

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 Monday. Japan's flagship H3 ...

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 ...