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August 12, 2026
Japan's H3 has flown a clean second success, deploying the MICHIBIKI QZS-7 navigation satellite from Tanegashima and putting December's mishap behind it.
August 11, 2026
A Japanese H3 rocket successfully launched a navigation satellite Aug. 10, more than seven months after a similar launch ended in failure. The post H3 launches navigation satellite appeared first on…
Japan's H3 rocket has successfully completed the launch of Michibiki 7, a new satellite for Japan's QZSS navigation system. The mission lifted off on 11 August […]…
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully launched the MICHIBIKI No. 7 satellite, part of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-7), aboard the H3 launch vehicle, flight…
August 10, 2026
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched MICHIBIKI No. 7, Quasi-Zenith Satellite
Japan's H3 rocket sent the Michibiki 7 navigation satellite aloft this afternoon (Aug. 10), on the ninth-ever mission for the launch vehicle.
August 9, 2026
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) set up the schedule for MICHIBIKI No. 7, Quasi-Ze
August 7, 2026
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hereby announces that the launch date of MICHIBIK
August 6, 2026
Rocket Lab launched its eighth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS on Thursday morning (Aug. 6), five weeks later than originally planned.
Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar-imaging satellite Aug. 6, more than a month after the previous launch attempt was aborted. The post Rocket Lab launches 8th iQPS satellite appeared first on…
ispace Europe, the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Japanese company ispace, has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop Phase 2 of the Magpie project (for its…
August 4, 2026
TOKYO and MIDLAND, Texas – August 4, 2026 – Fulfilling international regulatory conditions under its operating license, direct-to-cellular (D2C) satellite communications provider AST SpaceMobile…
August 1, 2026
How a Norwegian fishing industry saved itself by convincing Japan that raw salmon—a fish Japanese chefs had rejected for centuries—was essential to sushi. The post That salmon on your sushi plate…
A $16 million trading card is just the beginning of how Pokémon became the most profitable entertainment empire ever built. The post The highest-grossing entertainment franchise in the world isn’t…
July 31, 2026
A Japanese probe flew 400 meters (1,312 feet) from a near-Earth asteroid this month, marking the closest approach ever recorded for such a mission, the space agency said.
A Tokyo-based astrobiologist is using an ingenious new way to garner insight into Earth’s 3.5-billion-year-old biosphere.
If the schedule holds, a small Japanese capsule will cross the Australian sky in the 2031 fiscal year and land carrying more than 10 grams of material gathered from Phobos, the larger of Mars’s two…
July 30, 2026
Rocket Lab has won another contract from Japanese radar imaging company iQPS for multiple launches of its Electron rocket. The post Rocket Lab wins another launch contract from Japan’s iQPS appeared…
 On Sunday 5 July 2026, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) achieved the worl
ispace, inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. have signed a contract for the launch and transportation of ispace’s Mission 3 ULTRA Lunar Lander using the latter's H3 rocket which is currently…
July 29, 2026
Japanese lunar exploration company ispace and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have signed a contract covering launch and transport services for Mission 3 ULTRA.
Japanese lunar lander developer ispace has selected the H3 rocket to launch its next mission in 2028, creating what the companies called Japan’s first private lunar transportation system. The post…
Array Labs has raised $21 million in an oversubscribed strategic investment round, anchored by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, one of Japan's largest defense and aerospace companies, with continued…
July 21, 2026
Japan’s IHI is considering adding next-generation hyperspectral satellites from Finnish startup Kuva Space to its planned 100-strong, multi-sensor sovereign Earth observation constellation. The post…
July 19, 2026
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debate was needed before teams signed off on the daring attempt.
July 18, 2026
Japan has succeeded in the first-ever flight test of its RV-X experimental reusable rocket prototype.
July 7, 2026
On Sunday, July 5, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Hayabusa2 probe performed a close flyby of the asteroid Torifune.
July 6, 2026
 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully conducted a flyby of astero
June 30, 2026
The first analyses carried out by the researchers revealed the presence of water and organic compounds, including amino acids, findings that could provide valuable information about the..