Up to 15 orbital launches are set to take place during a very busy December, not counting the opening mission of the month that resulted in the loss of the Progress MS-04 cargo ship that was set to dock with the ISS over the weekend. This month is likely to include the highly anticipated return to flight of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
"Tanegashima"
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Japan has launched the Himawari 9 weather satellite on Wednesday afternoon local time, with the…
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Japan’s ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite is in trouble, just weeks after launch. Following a loss…
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Japan launched the ASTRO-H x-ray astronomy satellite via its H-IIA rocket Wednesday, with a launch…
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Year 2015 was yet another banner stretch for planetary exploration. The year saw the farewell…
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Japan has conducted its first dedicated commercial satellite launch Tuesday, with an H-IIA rocket carrying…
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Japan’s HTV-5 cargo vehicle has departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday ahead of…
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The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-5 (HTV-5) resupply spacecraft successfully arrived at the International Space Station…
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Japan’s HTV-5 spacecraft “Kounotori 5” has launched en route to the International Space Station on…
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The Russian Progress M-28M cargo ship has successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS)…
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India has continued deployment of its IRNSS navigation system Saturday, with the launch of the…
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Japan’s H-IIA rocket has made its second flight of the year Thursday, carrying a new-generation…
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International Space Company (ISC) Kosmotras has launched its Russian Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky on Wednesday,…
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Japan has conducted its first launch of 2015 Sunday with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries lofting a…
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Japan has successfully launched the second sample return mission to an asteroid, with a JAXA…
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Japan launched its third mission of the year on Tuesday by lofting the Himawari 8…
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Japan conducted its second launch of the year on Saturday, with an H-IIA rocket orbiting…
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The Japanese have launched the centrepiece of the Global Precipitation Measurement constellation, an international partnership…
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Japan’s Epsilon rocket has made its maiden launch carrying JAXA’s SPRINT-A ultraviolet astronomy satellite early…
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The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) automated resupply spacecraft has arrived at the International Space…