A Japanese rocket lifted off with the national space programme’s first commercial satellite as Tokyo tries to enter a business dominated by European and Russian companies.
Venue : Tanegashima Space Center in southwest Japan.
Highlights of H-IIA:
- The launch of the H-IIA rocket was originally scheduled at 3:23 pm(0623 GMT), but was delayed by roughly 30 minutes because a small ship unexpectedly came near the space station.
- H-IIA carried TELSTAR 12Vcommunications and broadcasting satellite for Canadian satellite operator Telesat.
- Japan wants to become a major player in the satellite launching business. It has tried to improve the H-IIA rocket to cut the cost of each launch to make its programme competitive.
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