The H3 Launch Vehicle No. 5, carrying the Quasi-Zenith Satellite "Michibiki No. 6," lifts off at a launch pad in Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday Feb. 2, 2025. Credit: ...

Japan's workhorse H-2A rocket flew for the second-to-last time early Thursday morning (Sept. 26). An H-2A topped with a secret spy satellite called IGS-Radar 8 lifted off from Japan's Tanegashima ...

This image made from video shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H2A rocket in Tobishima, Japan, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo) This image made from video shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H2A rocket in ...

World’s first wooden satellite built in Japan launched to space - Satellite made using traditional Japanese crafts methods ...

Japan has quietly given Ukraine access to its classified synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery. That might sound like a small tech detail. It’s not. It’s a tectonic shift in global military ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan successfully deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it was launched on a new flagship H3 rocket Monday. The H3 No. 3 rocket lifted ...

Emergency SOS via satellite expanded to Japan with the iOS 17.6 update that was released yesterday, according to Apple. Japanese customers with an iPhone 14 or an ‌iPhone‌ 15 can use Emergency SOS via ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system ...