Live coverage: Japan’s enhanced Epsilon booster blasts off

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Epsilon rocket rocket with Japan’s Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace, or ERG, mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

JAXA’s live video stream begins at 1040 GMT (5:40 a.m. EST).

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