A cellphone screen showing the live broadcast of the launch of Japan's H3 rocket is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 22, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Japan's launch of an H3 Rocket failed to place the satellite ...

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 ...