A tiny Japanese satellite made from wood sounds like a novelty. It isn’t. Behind the strange design is a far more unsettling story about what modern spacecraft leave behind in Earth’s atmosphere.

Japan’s space agency has 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. The H3 rocket ...

Japan has launched a defence satellite designed for information-gathering and military operations on a new flagship H3 rocket, as the country seeks to build up its military capability amid growing ...

North Korea has informed Japan that it is preparing to launch a satellite as early as this week, Tokyo has announced but warned it may actually be a sanctions-defying ballistic missile test. North ...

Japan’s ambitions for an independent satellite navigation system suffered a significant blow this week after the second major failure of its flagship H3 rocket. The rocket, which was carrying the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan successfully launched a rocket Thursday carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve natural ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country's new flagship rocket and its space ...

The No. 8 H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 5 quasi-zenith satellite lifts off at 10:51 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2025, at Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, as seen from a ...