Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload.

Japan successfully launched an H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, on June 12, 2026.

TOKYO: Japan's flagship H3 rocket successfully blasted off Friday (June 12), live footage showed, months after its previous mission to put a geolocation satellite into orbit ended in failure.

A successful return to flight has given Japan’s next-generation launch program a major boost. According to JAXA, the H3 rocket lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center and deployed six satellites into ...

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket blasted off from Kagoshima Prefecture on June 12, placed artificial satellites into their planned orbits and helped to quickly restore confidence in the nation’s space ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s H3 rocket returned to flight Friday with the debut of a new low-cost variant, a badly needed success for the country's new flagship rocket that has struggled with mission failures ...

The rocket is expected to take off at 9:53:59 a.m. local time from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, ...

Japan's "H3 rocket" No. 6 blasted off on June 12 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The launch was ...

The solid-fuel Epsilon rocket has been in service since 2013, and has been successfully launched five times – Copyright JIJI Press/AFP STR Japan’s space agency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan successfully launched an H3 rocket powered only by liquid-fuel engines for the first time on Friday, news agency Kyodo ...