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Japan’s H3 rocket suffers engine failure, loses satellite mission

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has suffered a fresh setback, with an engine failure in its upper stage cutting short a high‑stakes mission and leaving a navigation satellite stranded short of orbit.
SpaceNews

China suffers commercial rocket failure but sets record for annual launches

Preparations for launch of the sixth Kinetica-1 rocket in December 2024 at Jiuquan spaceport. HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial Kinetica-1 solid rocket failed late Thursday, with the launch attempt ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: Starship heats up in third flight; Chinese lunar launch failure

Welcome to Edition 6.35 of the Rocket Report! It’s been a big week for rocket failures, with a small launch in Japan going sideways shortly after liftoff, a rare misstep for China’s Long March ...
WHDH

Blue Origin set to return to flight more than a year after rocket failure during uncrewed launch

(CNN) — Blue Origin’s tourism rocket — which is designed to vault paying customers on brief trips to the edge of space — will return to flight on Monday after the Jeff Bezos-founded company spent ...
SpaceNews

Chinese commercial rocket firm suffers 4th launch failure

HELSINKI — Chinese commercial rocket outfit iSpace suffered a launch failure late Wednesday in a fresh setback for the company. The four-stage Hyperbola-1 solid rocket lifted off from Jiuquan ...