Japan successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite aboard an H3 rocket, further advancing its QZSS network.

SPACE ONE has developed single- and multi-satellite payload plans ... But when the national space agency's (JAXA's) SLIM lander touched down on the Moon in January this year, it landed on its ...

Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to ...

or JAXA. Officials said it is expected to reach its targeted geospatial orbit in about two weeks. Japan currently has the quasi-zenith satellite system, or QZSS, with four satellites for a ...

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM ... first robot to traverse Earth's satellite or any celestial body with ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched a lunar orbiter satellite, "Kaguya," on September ... It was injected into a polar orbit 100 km above the moon on October 18, 2007, and ...

Japan's space agency plans to use satellite images to quickly evaluate damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, has said it expects the ...

Everything so far has been as planned, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said. Japan currently has the quasi-zenith satellite system, or QZSS, with four satellites for a regional ...