H3 reaches orbit on second launch Original Publication Date: 2024-02-17 01:17 Japan's H3 rocket successfully reaches orbit on its second launch Feb. 16. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 7:22 p.m. Eastern. On the vehicle’s inaugural launch in March 2023, that engine ...

Japanese Mars mission launch delayed to 2026 Original Publication Date: 2024-01-11 08:52 Japanese space agency JAXA confirms two-year delay in the launch of the Martian Moons eXploration. JAXA blames it in part on the H3 rocket that will launch the spacecraft. MMX was scheduled to launch in ...

Second H3 launch planned for February Original Publication Date: 2023-12-28 07:23 Japanese space agency JAXA has set a mid-February date for the return to flight of the H3 rocket. The launch will be the first for the H3 since its unsuccessful inaugural flight March 7. On that launch the engine ...