Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has suffered a fresh setback, with an engine failure in its upper stage cutting short a high‑stakes mission and leaving a navigation satellite stranded short of orbit. The ...

Japan's H3 rocket failed during the launch of the Michibiki 5 navigation satellite, marking its second failure in seven launches.

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The rocket’s failure is bad news for Japan because the country’s space program is ambitious and strategic. Monday’s mission carried a single satellite named QZS-5, which was to form part of Japan’s ...

Failure is inevitable, aerospace experts say, so Japan needs to be less afraid of making mistakes and move on.