Japan has launched a navigation satellite on its flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a precise positioning system ...

Japan launched a navigation satellite early Sunday morning (Feb. 2), the nation's first liftoff of 2025. An H3 rocket ...

The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese ...

Everything went smoothly and the satellite successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 29 minutes after the ...

Japan's flagship H3 rocket put a key component of Japan's satellite navigation program to eventually wean the nation off its ...

Japan on Sunday launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket, as the country seeks to have a more precise ...

Japan has launched its Michibiki 6 navigation satellite on the new H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Centre. This marks an expansion of Japan's own satellite navigation system. By March 2026, Japan ...

Dubai Japan has taken a major step toward bolstering its space capabilities with the successful launch of a navigation satellite aboard its new H3 rocket on February 3, 2025. The launch marks a ...

Japan's space agency said on Sunday that it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its ...

Himawari-8 and -9 are geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). They are successors to JMA’s Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) series, offering ...