Japan launches successor to aging GPS-improving satellite

Japan launches successor to aging GPS-improving satellite

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an H-2A rocket being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2021. The rocket carries a successor to Japan's aging quasi-zenith satellite, which has been working to provide accurate global positioning data for services such as autonomous driving cars and flying drones.

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