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Japan launches satellite tracking global rainfall
Japan on February 28 successfully launched high-tech satellite-carrying missiles to monitor global rainfall and support weather forecasts.
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Japan makes a net to clean garbage in space
The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) cooperates with a fishing equipment manufacturing company to create a kind of net from school, dedicated to clearing space.
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Japan successfully launched the new Epsilon missile
On September 14, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said it successfully launched the new Epsilon missile using solid fuel, carrying a telescope to observe sp…
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Japan is about to launch a micro-satellite of Vietnam
The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) on July 23 said the country's No. 4 transporter Konotori, scheduled to be launched on August 4, will bring a micro-satellite of…
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Japan is about to launch new generation missiles
Epsilon, Japan's new generation rocket, will fly to space in August. The launch will take place at Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on August 22, NHK…
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Japan will continue to explore
The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a spacecraft to a meteorite next year to sample soil and rock.
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Japan plans to launch a spy satellite
The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have said that they will launch H-IIA missiles carrying a spy satellite early next year,…
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Japan prepares to launch a fourth intelligence radar satellite
The Japan Aerospace Research, Development Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Company on November 27 said they will launch a fourth intelligence radar with an…
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Japan develops new boosters
Japan is planning to launch Epsilon light boosters in the summer of 2013, RIA Novosti reports from Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) today October 30.
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Russia and Japan want to build bases on the moon
JAXA and Roscosmos announced their ambition to build a moon base during the Global Space Exploration conference - an event that took place from May 22 to 24 in the US ca…
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Japan jumped into the field of launching satellites
Japan will launch a satellite from South Korea into the space on May 18, a country official said. This is the first time Japan has participated in the field that Europe…
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'Akatsuki' slipped away from Venus due to fuel pressure
JAXA revealed the reason that the Akatsuki probe did not enter Venus's orbit was the pressure of the ship's fuel chamber abruptly reduced.
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The largest X-ray telescope
A cooperative project between the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Japan will launch a space boat
Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) yesterday announced that its unused fuel yacht will take off next month.
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Japan launched unmanned spacecraft
At 2 am September 11 (local time), Japan successfully launched the H-2B missile from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, carrying the country's first unman…