New rocket's launch pad unveiled

New rocket's launch pad unveiled

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency practices transferring a full-scale imitation of the Epsilon Launch Vehicle from a 47-meter-high maintenance tower to its launch pad at Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 18, 2013. The 24-meter-long Epsilon will be launched in August or September with a spectrographic planet observation satellite onboard.

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