Japan's H-2A rocket fails to release 2nd satellite

Japan's H-2A rocket fails to release 2nd satellite

UCHINOURA, Japan - Junichiro Kagaguchi (R), professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, speaks to reporters in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 3 about the failure by Japan's second H-2A rocket to release one of two test satellites after its successful blastoff from the National Space Development Agency of Japan's Tanegashima Space Center in the prefecture.

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