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Successful H-2A rocket launch rounds out Japanese navigation network

October 9, 2017

Japan’s regional satellite navigation network, conceived to improve GPS coverage over Japanese territory, received its fourth member Monday with an on-target H-2A rocket launch.

Live coverage: Japanese navigation satellite launches on H-2A rocket

October 9, 2017

A Japanese H-2A rocket launched the fourth satellite for the country’s regional navigation network Monday. Liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan occurred at 2201:37 GMT (6:01:37 p.m. EDT).