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Japan's Space Agency Launches Navigation Satellite on New Rocket
The Morning Standard
|February 03, 2025
JAPAN's space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own.
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The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island.
Everything went smoothly and the satellite successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 29 minutes after the liftoff, said Makoto Arita, H3 project manager for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA.
Officials said it is expected to reach its targeted geospatial orbit in about two weeks.
This story is from the February 03, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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