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November 27, 2022

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[ November 27, 2022 ] SpaceX supply ship docks at space station Mission Reports
[ November 26, 2022 ] SpaceX launches Dragon cargo ship to deliver new solar arrays to space station Falcon 9
[ November 26, 2022 ] Live coverage: Falcon 9 lifts off with Dragon cargo capsule Falcon 9
[ November 25, 2022 ] Live coverage: Orion capsule completes distant retrograde orbit insertion burn Artemis
[ November 23, 2022 ] Defying weather odds, SpaceX sends Eutelsat broadband platform into orbit Falcon 9

Japan launches satellite to study human causes of climate change

October 29, 2018

A Japanese H-2A rocket deployed a satellite in orbit Monday to measure greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere and help scientists better quantify the role of human activity in climate change.

Live coverage: Japan’s H-2A launches on 40th flight

October 28, 2018

Flying on its 40th mission, a Japanese H-2A rocket lifted off at 0408 GMT (12:08 a.m. EDT) Monday from the Tanegashima Space Center carrying Japan’s GOSAT 2 satellite to measure greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere and the KhalifaSat Earth observation satellite for the United Arab Emirates.