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  • Reconnaissance satellite launched by Japanese H-2A rocket

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    今回のH-IIA F38打ち上げは、地表付近では陽炎が凄くて、ゆらゆら揺れて見えましたが、上空に行くとくっきり見えますね。 pic.twitter.com/0zhyRXYvQk — 柴田孔明 (@koumeiShibata) February 27, 2018 A Japanese H-2A rocket launched Tuesday with a clandestine government-owned satellite to collect sharp-eyed views of North Korea’s missile developments and other global hotspots. The 174-foot-tall (53-meter) rocket fired its hydrogen-fueled LE-7A main engine and two solid rocket boosters at 0434 GMT Tuesday (11:34 p.m. EST…

  • Japanese spy satellite launch delayed by poor weather forecast

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    File photo of a Japanese H-2A rocket. Credit: JAXA A bad weather forecast has prompted Japanese space officials to delay the launch of an H-2A rocket with a high-resolution government-owned reconnaissance satellite by at least 48 hours until Monday night, U.S. time. Ground crews at the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan’s primary spaceport in the southwestern…