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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on December 22 that the H3 rocket's launch failed and may have resulted in the loss of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite 'MICHIBIKI' No. 5.
Rocket Lab's Electron successfully launched the Raise-4 satellite belonging to the Japanese space agency JAXA on December 15, 2025.
Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle successfully launched the 'RAISE and Shine' satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from the Mahia Peninsula.
JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced plans to launch the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Michibiki No. 7 on February 1, 2026, using the H3 rocket No. 9.
The first launch, scheduled for December 2025, will deploy JAXA's RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-4 (Raise-4), which will demonstrate eight technologies developed by private companies, universities, and research institutions across Japan.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to launch the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration 4 (RAISE-4) mission comprising four small demonstration satellite units and eight CubeSats from November 25 to December 24, 2025.
The first launch is scheduled for December 2025 and will deploy JAXA’s RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-4 (RAISE-4) spacecraft.
The first launch will deploy RAISE-4, a satellite in JAXA’s Rapid Innovative Payload Demonstration program.
The first launch will deploy the RAISE-4 spacecraft for JAXA’s Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.
The Series 3 Lunar Lander has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing at JAXA's Tsukuba Space facility.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch the nation’s second H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on 2024-02-15.
Astroscale plans to launch a spacecraft on a Rocket Lab Electron early 2023 to inspect a discarded upper stage of a Japanese H2-A rocket under a JAXA contract called ADRAS-J.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch ZimSat-1 from the KIBO module of the International Space Station.
JAXA and MHI focused on the LE-9 combustion chamber problem while developing new turbopump hardware.
JAXA will recruit astronaut candidates for the first time in 13 years as part of efforts to support the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed a contract with Japan’s ispace, inc. under which ispace will provide lunar payload delivery, operations, and data acquisition services.
JAXA plans to launch the Smart Lunar Lander (SLIM) in 2022 to acquire pinpoint landing capabilities on the lunar surface.
NASA currently plans to launch the next commercial crew mission, Crew-1, on 2020-08-30 with four astronauts from NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) aboard.
NASA announced a four-person crew for the first operational Crew Dragon mission on 2020-03-31 that features three NASA astronauts and one astronaut from the Japanese space agency JAXA.