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February 17, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 17, 2020 ] Timeline for Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites Falcon 9
[ February 17, 2020 ] Live coverage: SpaceX poised for another Starlink launch Monday Falcon 9
[ February 16, 2020 ] Next GPS satellite lands in Florida for April launch Mission Reports
[ February 15, 2020 ] Antares rocket lifts off from Virginia on space station cargo mission Antares
[ February 15, 2020 ] NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch lunar CubeSat mission Mission Reports

Japanese radar satellite launched aboard third Epsilon booster

January 17, 2018

Japan’s Epsilon rocket delivered a civilian-operated radar imaging satellite to orbit Wednesday on a mission to demonstrate the performance of a new commercial spacecraft design and collect all-weather imagery for use in emergencies, mapping and global surveillance.

Japan puts its first military communications satellite into orbit

January 24, 2017

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

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.