Final work under way to launch Japan rocket

Final work under way to launch Japan rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the core part of an H-2A rocket shown to reporters at a plant of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, in March 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy made final preparations on May 17, 2012, to launch the H-2A rocket early the following morning carrying four satellites including a South Korean one.

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