Japan launches intelligence satellite

Japan launches intelligence satellite

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the liftoff of an H2A rocket carrying a government intelligence satellite from Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Jan. 12, 2024.

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