Rocket experienced 'abnormal engine shutdown' Payload of satellites failed to reach orbit Launch failure comes as company explores possible IPO BEIJING, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Chinese commercial space ...

A surge in global space launches in 2025 also brought a spike in failures, from SpaceX and Japan’s H3 to private rockets in China and South Korea.

A private Chinese rocket just suffered its second-ever failure. Galactic Energy's solid-fuel Ceres-1 rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 p.m. EST on ...

Japan’s H3 rocket lifted off for its seventh mission on Sunday, but an engine failure foiled its attempt to insert a navigation satellite in geostationary orbit. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

India's PSLV-C62 rocket mission failed in January 2026 due to a third-stage anomaly, leading to the loss of most satellites.

Dec. 22 (UPI) --Japan's H3 rocket faced issues Monday during its seventh launch attempt. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:51 p.m. EST Sunday night in Japan carrying the ...

The number of orbital launch attempts worldwide last year surpassed the record 2024 flight rate by 25 percent, with SpaceX ...

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that sending massive vehicles to space had become as easy as baking a cake. But as ...

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. The ...

An explosion was briefly visible on the Innospace webcast of its first Hanbit-Nano launch about 80 seconds after liftoff. Credit: Innospace webcast SANTA FE, N.M. — South Korean launch startup ...