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H-2A

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

October 9, 2017 Stephen Clark

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.

H-2A

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

October 9, 2017 Stephen Clark

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).

News Headlines

  • SpaceX rocket sends Arabsat communications satellite into orbit
    May 27, 2023
  • NASA’s final two TROPICS CubeSats launched by Rocket Lab
    May 26, 2023
  • ULA delays Vulcan test-firing to troubleshoot engine ignition system
    May 26, 2023
  • Virgin Galactic resumes suborbital spaceflights
    May 25, 2023
  • Whitson says commercial station visit critical to private-sector space ops
    May 25, 2023
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