Tag: Japan
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Live coverage: H-2A rocket delivers on 30th flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an H-2A rocket with the Astro-H X-ray astronomy mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Launch of Japanese X-ray observatory postponed
Ground crews prepare the Astro-H spacecraft for launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Credit: JAXA The Japanese space agency said Thursday the launch of an X-ray astrophysics observatory is postponed from Friday due to a poor weather forecast at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The Astro-H mission is awaiting launch aboard…
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Asteroid probe confirmed on good trajectory after Earth flyby
Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft near Earth. Credit: JAXA A Japanese space probe picked up just the right amount of speed when it flew by Earth earlier this month, using the planet’s gravity to slingshot toward an asteroid scientists think is a primordial leftover from the ancient solar system, mission managers said Monday.…
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Three space station fliers set for landing Friday
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko and Japanese flight engineer Kimiya Yui are scheduled to return to Earth on Friday. Credit: NASA In a rapid-fire crew exchange, three space station fliers return to Earth Friday morning, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan just four days…
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Akatsuki probe relays its first images from Venus orbit
The Akatsuki spacecraft’s ultraviolet camera took this image of Venus at 0519 GMT (12:19 a.m. EST) on Dec. 7 from a distance of 73,000 kilometers (45,000 miles). Credit: JAXA Japanese scientists released Wednesday the first views of Venus captured by the Akatsuki spacecraft after arriving in orbit this week, setting the stage for regular observations…
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Japanese probe fires rockets to steer into orbit at Venus
Updated at 0315 GMT (10:15 p.m. EST) Artist’s concept of the Akatsuki spacecraft. Five years after missing a shot to enter orbit at Venus, Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft completed a critical rocket burn late Sunday in a bid to salvage the research mission and become the only space probe operating around Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Four…
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Photos: H-2A rocket launches satellite for Canadian company
A powerful H-2A launcher, boosted by four strap-on rocket motors and an upgraded second stage, lifted off from Japan on Tuesday with a multipurpose communications satellite for Ottawa-based Telesat. The 174-foot-tall (53-meter) rocket launched at 0650 GMT (1:50 a.m. EST) Tuesday from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan, and it deployed the Telstar 12…
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Live coverage: Japan’s H-2A rocket blasts off on first commercial flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Japanese H-2A rocket with the Telstar 12 Vantage communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Japanese H-2A rocket delivers for Telesat
Japan’s H-2A rocket soars into the sky at 0650 GMT (1:50 a.m. EST; 3:50 p.m. Japan Standard Time) with the Telstar 12 Vantage communications satellite. Credit: MHI Flying its most complex mission to date, a Japanese H-2A rocket fired off a launch pad and roared into space from southern Japan on Tuesday, heading for an…
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Sporting new upgrades, H-2A rocket readied for flight
A Japanese H-2A rocket arrived at the launch pad Monday for liftoff with the Telstar 12 Vantage communications satellite. Credit: MHI A Japanese H-2A rocket is set for liftoff Tuesday on its first fully commercial mission, carrying a communications satellite for Telesat of Canada that will bridge the Atlantic Ocean with expanded coverage for television…