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H3 rocket launch canceled

H3 rocket launch canceled

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 17, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency canceled the launch of the No. 8 rocket, loaded with the No. 5 Michibiki satellite for enhanced global positioning, due to an equipment malfunction.

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H3 rocket launch canceled

H3 rocket launch canceled

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 17, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency canceled the launch of the No. 8 rocket, loaded with the No. 5 Michibiki satellite for enhanced global positioning, due to an equipment malfunction.

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H3 rocket launch canceled

H3 rocket launch canceled

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 17, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency canceled the launch of the No. 8 rocket, loaded with the No. 5 Michibiki satellite for enhanced global positioning, due to an equipment malfunction.

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

MINAMITANE, Japan, Oct. 27 Kyodo - An H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

An H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025.

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

An H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025.

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025.

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

An H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025.

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

An H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025.

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

An H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025.

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Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an H3 rocket carrying the first HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 26, 2025.

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Japan: H2A Rocket Series Ends with 50th Launch from Tanegashima Successfully 2

The 50th and final H2A liquid-fuel rocket was launched from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan at 1:33 a.m. on June 29, drawing the curtain on the series' 24-year career in support of the country's space development program.

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[Breaking News]Japan launches H2A rocket

MINAMITANE, Japan, June 29 Kyodo - A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket. (Kyodo)

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Japan: H2A Rocket Series Ends with 50th Launch from Tanegashima Successfully

The 50th and final H2A liquid-fuel rocket was launched from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan at 1:33 a.m. on June 29, drawing the curtain on the series' 24-year career in support of the country's space development program.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of June 29, 2025, the 50th and final mission of the rocket.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

MINAMITANE, Japan, Feb. 2 Kyodo - Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed at improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

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JAXA's Epsilon rocket engine catches fire

JAXA's Epsilon rocket engine catches fire

Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2024, shows a fire at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Epsilon small rocket engine test facility at Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. An engine being developed for use in the Epsilon S small rocket went up in flames the same day during a combustion test at the facility.

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JAXA's Epsilon rocket engine catches fire

JAXA's Epsilon rocket engine catches fire

Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2024, shows a fire at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Epsilon small rocket engine test facility at Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. An engine being developed for use in the Epsilon S small rocket went up in flames the same day during a combustion test at the facility.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

MINAMITANE, Japan, Nov. 6 Kyodo - Japan's H3 rocket No. 4 lifts off carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 4 soars through the sky carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2024.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 4 soars through the sky carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2024.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 4 lifts off carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2024.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 4 lifts off carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2024.

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Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 4 lifts off carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Japan launches H2A rocket

MINAMITANE, Japan, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan launches H2A rocket

Japan's H2A rocket, carrying an information-gathering satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, following two postponements due to unfavorable weather.

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