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  • Japanese intelligence-gathering satellite successfully launched

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    とりあえずサブカメラの映像から。H-IIA F39打ち上げ。 pic.twitter.com/JBbj5M66tS — 柴田孔明 (@koumeiShibata) June 12, 2018 An all-weather spy satellite for the Japanese government launched Tuesday on top of an H-2A rocket, extending the country’s surveillance reach with coverage of North Korea and other strategic locations worldwide. The radar-equipped reconnaissance craft lifted off at 0420 GMT (12:20 a.m. EDT) Tuesday from the…

  • Poor weather forecast delays H-2A rocket launch

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    File photo of a Japanese H-2A rocket before a previous mission. Credit: JAXA Projected weather impacts from Tropical Storm Maliksi passing over the Pacific Ocean south of Japan have prompted officials to push back the launch of an H-2A rocket and an Earth-imaging reconnaissance by one day to Tuesday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced…