Tag: Tanegashima
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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…
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H-2A rocket boosts Japanese weather satellite into orbit
Japan launched a next-generation geostationary weather satellite Tuesday on the 25th flight of the country’s H-2A rocket, deploying an upgraded meteorological observatory critical to the minute-by-minute tracking of tropical cyclones and other storm systems across the Asia-Pacific. The H-2A rocket blasts off from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Credit: MHI With its twin solid rocket boosters…
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Upgraded Japanese weather satellite set for launch
A space-based weather monitor, equipped with upgraded instruments for more detailed and timely data on tropical cyclones and thunderstorms, is scheduled for launch Tuesday on top of Japan’s 25th H-2A rocket. The H-2A rocket arrives at the launch pad Monday after rollout from its Vehicle Assembly Building. Photo credit: MHI The Himawari 8 weather observatory…