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Watch a replay of the launch of a Japanese navigation satellite

June 1, 2017 Spaceflight Now

A Japanese H-2A rocket, carrying the Michibiki 2 navigation satellite, lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 0017:46 GMT Thursday (8:17:46 p.m. EDT Wednesday).

  • H-2A
  • H-2A F34
  • Launch
  • Michibiki 2
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  • Navigation
  • Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
  • Tanegashima

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News Headlines

  • International Space Station prepares for new commander, heads into final five years of planned operations
    December 5, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandengerg SFB
    December 4, 2025
  • Orion hatch ‘blemish’ delays launch day rehearsal for Artemis 2 astronauts
    December 4, 2025
  • Jared Isaacman makes second appeal for NASA administrator position
    December 3, 2025
  • Sunset SpaceX launch adds 29 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit
    December 2, 2025
  • Arianespace launches South Korean Earth observation satellite on Vega-C flight
    December 2, 2025
  • SpaceX launches evening Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    December 1, 2025
  • SpaceX kicks off December with predawn Falcon 9 rocket launch
    November 30, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 140 spacecraft on Transporter-15 rideshare mission
    November 28, 2025
  • NASA astronaut, two cosmonauts take Thanksgiving Day ride to space station
    November 27, 2025
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