Japan launches radar, optical satellites

Japan launches radar, optical satellites

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket ascends leaving a trail of white smoke at 1:40 p.m. on Jan. 27, 2013, after its launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. launched an information-gathering radar satellite and an optical satellite using the H-2A rocket.

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