Japan's space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own.

Japan launched a navigation satellite early Sunday morning (Feb. 2), the nation's first liftoff of 2025. An H3 rocket launched the Michibiki 6 spacecraft from Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday at ...

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

The Space Systems Command said Tuesday Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6, or QZS-6, carried a U.S. space domain awareness ...

It is the fifth spacecraft in the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, a satellite network with multiple orbits designed to ensure that at least one satellite is positioned near the zenith over Japan at ...

it will become the fifth member of Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), which became operational in November 2018. "This system is compatible with GPS satellites and can be utilized with them ...

Japan currently has the quasi-zenith satellite system, or QZSS, with four satellites for a regional navigation system that first went into operation in 2018. The Michibiki 6 will be the fifth of ...