The H3 is a relatively new vehicle, with last month’s launch marking the eighth flight of Japan’s flagship rocket. The ...

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

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

China hit by dual launch failures as Long March 3B and Ceres-2 debut mission fail China suffered a pair of launch failures ...

It was the second failure in seven launches for the H3. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The seventh-ever mission of Japan's H3 ...

India's PSLV rocket apparently failed Sunday night (Jan. 11) while trying to launch 16 payloads to space. It was the PSLV's first liftoff since a May 2025 failure.

A SpaceX test flight endangered several packed passenger jets when it unexpectedly exploded over the Caribbean earlier this year, according to newly-released documents from the Federal Aviation ...

A Long March 3B carrier rocket flight early on Saturday morning has failed, resulting in the loss of a satellite, according to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province.

Japan will not be able to launch satellites and probes for the time being, after the failed launch on Monday of the eighth H3 rocket, the nation's large main rocket. This has put Japan in a critical ...

Space insurance traces its roots to 1965, when Lloyd’s of London underwrote the first satellite policy for Intelsat I, known as “Early Bird.” Although the mission succeeded and no claim was filed, it ...

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 ...