H3 rocket returns to flight
Posted: Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
Japan's H3 rocket successfully returned to flight Thursday night. An H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:54 p.m. Eastern. The launch was a test flight of a new version of the rocket, the H3-30S, which uses three engines in its first stage but no solid rocket boosters. The rocket placed six smallsats, including one from French company Unseenlabs, into orbit. The launch was the first for the H3 since a failure in December when shocks from deployment of the payload fairing damaged its satellite and payload adapter, causing the satellite to fall off the upper stage.
Japan's H3 rocket successfully returned to flight Thursday night. An H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:54 p.m. Eastern. The launch was a test flight of a new version of the rocket, the H3-30S, which uses three engines in its first stage but no solid rocket boosters. The rocket placed six smallsats, including one from French company Unseenlabs, into orbit. The launch was the first for the H3 since a failure in December when shocks from deployment of the payload fairing damaged its satellite and payload adapter, causing the satellite to fall off the upper stage.
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