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Japan launches satellite for high-precision positioning system
10 years agoThe H-IIA rocket blasts off from the Tanegashima space centre in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan on June 1, 2017 carrying the "Michibiki" No.2 satellite. Japan on June 1 launched a rocket carrying a satellite to help build a high-precision geolocation system that will complement the US-operated GPS. STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP
A H-IIA rocket blasted off at 9:17am (0017 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan carrying the "Michibiki" No.2 satellite, footage by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed.