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  • H-2A rocket launches with Japanese radar reconnaissance craft

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    H-IIAロケット33号機の打ち上げ　竹崎展望台より。 pic.twitter.com/dtpaszjeqY — 柴田孔明 (@koumeiShibata) March 17, 2017 A Japanese spy satellite launched aboard an H-2A rocket Friday, heading for a 300-mile-high (500-kilometer) orbit to track North Korean and Chinese military movements as tensions run high in the region. Equipped with a cloud-penetrating radar capable of seeing targets day or night, the secretive spacecraft was…

  • Poor weather forecast delays Japanese spy satellite launch

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    File photo of an H-2A rocket inside the assembly building at the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA Japanese officials have delayed the launch of a government-owned reconnaissance satellite until at least Friday, local time, because of bad weather predicted over the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Liftoff of an H-2A rocket with Japan’s sixth…