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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
ArticleAfter delivering about 12,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, hardware, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA and its in...
ArticleDubai (AFP) Feb 17, 2026 The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would extend its Mars probe mission, now in its fifth year, for an addit...
ArticleTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 On February 3, 2026, the Mexican CubeSat Gxiba-1 was deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the Internatio...
ArticleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 On 10 February 2026 the European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB Italia to develop the Rapid Apophis Mission f...
ArticleThe European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded OHB Italia a €81.2 million contract for the construction, assembly, and testing phase of the agency’s Ramses miss...
ArticleOn 10 February 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a contract with OHB Italia for the development of the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ram...
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ArticleAn H3 launch failure in December may have been caused by an unusual event that led to the satellite separating from the rocket prematurely. The post H3 fail...
ArticleTokyo (AFP) Dec 22, 2025 Japan's flagship H3 rocket failed to launch a geolocation satellite into orbit on Monday due to engine failure, the country's...
ArticleThe Dec. 22 launch was the fourth and final flight of an H3 rocket in 2025.
ArticleJapan’s flagship H3 rocket suffered an issue with its second stage late Sunday resulting in the loss of the Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) navigation satellite. The po...
ArticleGlobal launch activity is set to surge over the next week, with 13 missions scheduled… The post Launch Roundup: Ariane 6, Falcon 9, Atlas V, and Electron la...
ArticleThe first week of December features 10 orbital launches from six different providers across four… The post Launch Roundup: Launch manifest to feature 10 lau...
ArticleAfter its launch from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center on October 26th at 9:00 AM JST, Japan’s HTV-X1 resupply mission arriv...
ArticleJapan launched the first of a new generation of cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, with potential applications beyond low Earth orbit. The...
ArticleThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is set to launch its advanced HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft… The post JAXA’s HTV-X1 set to launch to ISS aboard H3 R...
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ArticleThe International Space Station (ISS) recently welcomed three spacecraft that delivered much-needed cargo to support… The post Japan prepares new ISS cargo...
ArticleNASA’s flagship laboratory, the International Space Station (ISS), has returned to a period of normalcy, but as the facility approaches its third decade of o...
ArticleOn Oct. 7, 2014, and Nov. 2, 2016, the Japanese Himawari 8 and Himawari 9… The post Himawari meteorological satellites measure temperature changes on Venus...
Article"Rapid turnaround isn’t merely a goal, it’s baked into the design."
ArticleHELSINKI — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday, enhancing the country’s regional GPS capabilit...
ArticleThis week’s schedule has a mix of orbital and suborbital missions launching from seven different… The post Launch Roundup: New Shepard to simulate lunar gra...
ArticleHELSINKI — Japan launched the Kirameki 3 communications satellite for defense purposes early Monday with the fourth flight of the H3 rocket. The Mitsubishi H...
ArticleBlue Origin tested its second human-rated New Shepard capsule this week, which had been delayed twice since the start of the month. The week has also seen tw...
ArticleAsteroid exploration is not for the faint of heart, and the latest mission announced in a long line of asteroid
ArticleThe United Arab Emirates will launch a mission to visit several asteroids later this decade on a Japanese H3 rocket.
ArticleHELSINKI — Japan launched the classified IGS-Radar 8 satellite early Thursday with the second-to-last H-2A rocket. A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-2A r...
ArticleNASA and SpaceX’s launch of the Crew-9 mission was center stage this week. The launch of two new International Space Station crew members took place on Satur...
ArticleOn Sept. 10, 2009, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its first cargo delivery spacecraft, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-1 (HTV-1), to the In...
ArticleThis week’s manifest features up to four Falcon 9 launches, including the highly anticipated Polaris Dawn crewed mission, a mission carrying AST SpaceMobile’...
ArticleJapan's H3 Rocket Successfully Launches ALOS-4
ArticleOn July 1st, 2024 at 11:06:46 PM Eastern Time Japan successfully launched its third H3 rocket, deploying the ALOS-4 satellite.
ArticleJapan’s H3 rocket successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Sunday on its third flight.
ArticleFollowing a week in which Tropical Storm Alberto brought high seas, wind, and rain-related delays to the launch schedule in Florida, SpaceX managed to get ba...
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