(2)Japan spy satellite launch fails

(2)Japan spy satellite launch fails

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2A rocket rises into the sky after being launched from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 29. But the launch failed and the rocket and its payload of spy satellites were deliberately destroyed by the agency 10 minutes after liftoff. (Kyodo)

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