Space milestone for Japan
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Liftoff occurred on Thursday (June 11), just before 8:54 p.m. EDT (0054 GMT), from the Tanegashima Space Center on the southeastern tip of Japan. It was H3's eighth-ever liftoff, and the first flight of the rocket's three-engine configuration, which delivered all six of its payloads to their respective orbits, according to a JAXA release.
TOKYO: Japan's space agency successfully launched its flagship H3 rocket on Friday (Jun 12), months after a previous mission to put a geolocation satellite into orbit ended in failure.The H3 was developed to boost the international competitiveness of the country's rocket industry,
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan successfully launched an H3 rocket powered only by liquid-fuel engines for the first time on Friday, news agency Kyodo reported, citing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket blasted off from Kagoshima Prefecture on June 12, placed artificial satellites into their planned orbits and helped to quickly restore confidence in the nation’s space program. The launch of the No. 6 vehicle from the ...
