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Japan Successfully Launches 4th H3 Rocket

Japan Successfully Launches 4th H3 Rocket

   Tanegashima, Kagoshima Pref., Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Monday successfully launched the fourth of its H3 rocket carrying an X-band defense communication satellite.
   The Kirameki-3 geostationary satellite was put into orbit after the rocket lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 3:48 p.m. local time.

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