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Japan’s H3 Rocket Returns to Flight

The launch follows fixes for a December second-stage engine malfunction and aims to revive Japan’s commercial launch competitiveness.

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Japan’s HTV‑X1 Completes Mission With Controlled Re‑entry

JAXA Pauses H3 Launches After Second-Stage Failure Dooms Michibiki 5 Mission

Japan Scrubs H3 F8 Launch After Pad Water-Cooling Anomaly

Rocket Lab Delivers JAXA’s RAISE-4 to Orbit on Electron’s 77th Flight

Rocket Lab Ships Qualified Neutron Fairing to Virginia as Shares Surge on Sector Tailwinds

Rocket Lab Sets Dec. 5 Electron Launch for JAXA in First Directly Contracted Mission

Japan’s New HTV-X1 Cargo Ship Reaches Orbit on H3 for First ISS Mission

Rocket Lab Lands Two JAXA Electron Launches as Japan Deals Drive Stock to Highs

JAXA Ends Akatsuki Mission, Leaving Venus Without an Active Orbiter

Fire and Explosion Disrupt Japan's Epsilon S Rocket Engine Test

Japan Successfully Launches Defense Satellite with New H3 Rocket

Japan Concludes SLIM Lunar Mission After Historic Achievements

Astroscale's ADRAS-J Mission Achieves Key Milestone in Space Debris Removal

Japan's Akatsuki Probe Loses Contact, Ending Venus Mission