Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket ascends in the air at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012, after being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite. (Kyodo)

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