Japanese Space Agency

Japan Launches Navigation Satellite on New Flagship Rocket

Japan launches a navigation satellite on a new flagship rocket for an improved positioning system

Japan has launched a navigation satellite on its flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a precise positioning system of its own.

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Japan launches satellite to have own positioning system

Japan's space agency said on Sunday that it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own.

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Japan launches navigation satellite on nation's 1st mission of 2025 (video)

Japan launched a navigation satellite early Sunday morning (Feb. 2), the nation's first liftoff of 2025. An H3 rocket launched the Michibiki 6 spacecraft from Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday at 3:30 a.m. EST (0830 GMT; 5:30 p.m. local Japan time).

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Japan launches navigation satellite into orbit aboard H3

Japan's flagship H3 rocket put a key component of Japan's satellite navigation program to eventually wean the nation off its dependence on foreign satellites into orbit on Feb. 2 on its fifth mission.

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Japan Boosts Precision in Space with Michibiki 6 Launch

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully launched the Michibiki 6 satellite on the new H3 rocket, enhancing its regional navigation system. This marks Japan's step towards an 11-satellite ...

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Japan firm plans to take on SpaceX with winged reusable ‘rocket’ spaceplane

In the 1980s, NASDA and NAL, both now part of the Japanese space agency JAXA, were developing the experimental Hope-X spaceplane. That spaceplane was designed to send astronauts to and from the ...

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Toyota invests $44.4M in private Japanese spaceflight company

Automaker Mitsubishi has developed the H3 rocket for the Japanese space agency JAXA. Toyoda shared renderings of rocket designs while addressing CES attendees. Toyota's space partner Interstellar ...

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Japan's ispace, US's Firefly launch commercial moon landers

It will take an energy-efficient path relying heavily on the Earth and moon's gravity in a winding series of flybys to steer its trajectory, similar to the Japanese space agency's SLIM which ...

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Japan's space agency to develop program that estimates quake damage

Japan's space agency signed an agreement on Friday with Kumamoto Prefecture to realize the practical application of a program that can estimate the extent of damage to buildings caused by ...

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Toyota backs Japanese space startup Interstellar to mass-produce rockets

"Speaking of the sky, we're exploring rockets, too." Apart from launchers, Toyota is building a lunar rover with Japan's space agency that can carry astronauts on the moon's surface for the NASA ...

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