That engine blast happened after the in-flight failure of an Epsilon 6 rocket, an earlier version of the launch vehicle. In October 2022, JAXA issued a self destruct command to an Epsilon 6 rocket ...

JAXA’s lead contractor on the Epsilon rocket is solid-rocket motor manufacturer IHI Aerospace of Tokyo, which also led the M-5 effort. Other major industrial contributors include NEC Corp. and ...

The Epsilon, a solid-fuel rocket developed by JAXA and IHI Aerospace Co., was first launched in 2013. In 2022, the launch of an Epsilon-6 rocket ended in failure .

JAXA partnered with the aerospace unit of heavy machinery maker IHI to develop Epsilon S, the next generation in the Epsilon solid-fuel small rocket series. Shares in IHI were down as much as 7% ...

The Epsilon-6 rocket's failure was the first failure of a major Japanese launch since 2003, and the first of the Epsilon series, which has previously seen five successful launches.

JAXA's Epsilon rocket is a three-stage rocket that stands 78 feet (24 meters) tall and is solid propellant. The rocket weighs 91 tons and is designed to launch satellites weighing up to 2,646 ...

JAXA said the rocket and payloads were believed to have fallen into the sea east of the Philippines. An Epsilon-6 rocket takes off from the Uchinoura Space Center (USC) in Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima ...

Epsilon's first flight is expected to cost $38.5 million (3.8 billion yen) – almost half the $76 million (7.5 billion yen) cost for M-V, JAXA officials stated. Epsilon won't ride into orbit alone.

This is the first failed launch of an Epsilon rocket. The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said.

It's unlikely that the first Epsilon S rocket will be able to launch by March next year as planned, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Thursday. Holding a news conference in the ...

JAXA launched the first Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-1) with the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) onboard at 14:00 on September 14 (Sat.), ...

The first launch of Japan's newest rocket, the next-generation Epsilon booster, hit a major last-minute snag Tuesday (Aug. 27), forcing the country's space agency to abort the spaceflight 19 ...