The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) launched their H-2A rocket on Thursday, carrying Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water “SHIZUKU” (GCOM-W1) and the Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3 “Arirang-3” (KOMPSAT-3), along with two additional small satellite passengers. Launch occurred at 4:39pm GMT from the Tanegashima Space Center.
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Japan’s H3 rocket made a second attempt to reach orbit on Saturday, 11 months after…
Despite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record…
Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander appears to have achieved a soft…
A pair of missions to space stations headline the launches for the week of Jan.…
The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle, as its career is being wound down in…
