JAXA
Robot types: Lunar lander, Rover. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 40.1/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 4 of 11 among Space robotics companies with incidents (80 tracked).
Analyst brief
The register carries a single entry for JAXA: a December 2025 H3 rocket failure during launch of a navigation satellite, coded mission-loss with a severity of 4. The record is press-driven, anchored to a single dated launch event rather than an accumulation of regulatory findings. No trajectory can be established from one data point; the standing here is a function of severity and category concentration, not frequency.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Space robotics (primary), Defense / space · Sectors: Defense and Space Manufacturing
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Defense / space; RobotRisk files this company under Space robotics because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Lunar lander | 100% | 3 of 4 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLIM | Lunar lander | shipping | 0 | 0.0 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mission-loss | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 22 Dec 2025 | mission-loss | Japan | Japanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite | Space.com / Asahi |
S4 22 Dec 2025 · mission-loss · Japanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 22 Dec 2025 | Japanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite | Space.com / Asahi |
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