Rocket launches unmanned cargo transporter

Rocket launches unmanned cargo transporter

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket lifts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 11:06 a.m. on July 21, 2012. The rocket successfully launched into orbit the unmanned cargo transporter Konotori on its journey to the International Space Station.

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