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January 18, 2020

Breaking News

[ January 17, 2020 ] Pending test outcomes, NASA says SpaceX could launch astronauts in early March Falcon 9
[ January 17, 2020 ] Live coverage: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in-flight launch abort test set for Saturday Falcon 9
[ January 16, 2020 ] Arianespace opens busy year with successful Ariane 5 launch Ariane 5
[ January 16, 2020 ] SpaceX abort test serves as practice run for astronauts, rescue teams Falcon 9
[ January 16, 2020 ] Photos: Ariane 5 rocket rolled out for first launch of 2020 Ariane 5

Souped-up sounding rocket lifts off from Japan with tiny satellite

February 2, 2018

A modified sounding rocket originally designed to loft science instruments on high-altitude suborbital arcs blasted off Saturday from the Uchinoura Space Center in southern Japan and soared into orbit to become the world’s smallest satellite launcher.

Experimental flight of Japanese sounding rocket falls short of orbit

January 16, 2017

A small research rocket launched from Japan fell into the Pacific Ocean on Saturday after attempting to send a student-built CubeSat into orbit, Japanese officials said.

Launch of experimental Japanese rocket scrubbed

January 10, 2017

The launch of an experimental fin-stabilized Japanese rocket with a shoebox-sized CubeSat was scrubbed Tuesday, pushing back a test flight to demonstrate how companies and institutions can inexpensively put small satellites in space.