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Japan's H3 Rocket Likely Made 1.5 Trips Around Earth; Analyst Believes Satellite Almost Certainly Lost As Well

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By Keiichi Nakane / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

15:52 JST, December 25, 2025

WASHINGTON — Japan’s No. 8 H3 rocket likely reentered the atmosphere over South America about two hours after launch, according to analysis by Dr. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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