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Japan puts its first military communications satellite into orbit

January 24, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Japanese H-2A rocket took off Tuesday with a communications satellite to relay messages and commands among the country’s defense forces, part of a $1.1 billion program to reduce Japan’s reliance on commercial and international providers to connect its military units.

H-2A rocket primed for launch of Japanese military communications satellite

January 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

The first communications satellite dedicated to support Japanese defense forces will launch Tuesday on top of an H-2A rocket on the way to a perch more than 22,000 miles above Earth.