But as things stand, six H3 lift-offs a year is the best that Japan can do because of equipment limitations at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The capacity of liquid oxygen ...

The launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture marked the H3's fourth consecutive successful launch. The rocket carried the Michibiki No. 6 satellite into its planned orbit ...

Carrying the UAE’s KhalifaSat, the H-IIA Launch Vehicle blasts off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. Photograph courtesy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd./JAXA 4 min read In October last ...

The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island. Everything went smoothly and the satellite successfully separated ...

An H-2A rocket carrying a Japanese navigation satellite, the Michibiki No. 4, lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Oct. 10. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei waves ...