Japan's space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the ...

The Space Systems Command said Tuesday Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6, or QZS-6, carried a U.S. space domain awareness payload as it was launched on Feb. 2 from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the ...

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

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TOKYO — 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 ...