The H3 is a relatively new vehicle, with last month’s launch marking the eighth flight of Japan’s flagship rocket. The launcher falls on the medium-to-heavy section of the lift spectrum. The eighth H3 ...

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that sending massive vehicles to space had become as easy as baking a cake. But as ...

Japan’s H3 rocket suffered engine trouble on December 22, 2025, and failed to place a Japanese navigation satellite into orbit.

Six months after its first orbital rocket cleared the launch tower for just 14 seconds before crashing back to Earth, Gilmour ...

Chinese space companies experienced two rocket launch failures in a single day, an incident occurring as the country accelerates its "space rise" ambitions. Some have even dubbed it a "black Saturday.

2025 was a very busy year for spaceflight, for better and for worse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. 2025 was a very busy year ...

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 ...

Dec. 22 (UPI) --Japan's H3 rocket faced issues Monday during its seventh launch attempt. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:51 p.m. EST Sunday night in Japan carrying the ...

An explosion was briefly visible on the Innospace webcast of its first Hanbit-Nano launch about 80 seconds after liftoff. Credit: Innospace webcast SANTA FE, N.M. — South Korean launch startup ...