(4)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

(4)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Japan's fourth H-2A rocket lifts off on Dec. 14 from the Tanegashima Space Center of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) in Kagoshima Prefecture. The rocket later released into orbit the ADEOS2 satellite, which weighs about 3.7 tons and is the heaviest one ever carried by a Japanese-built rocket.

(2)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

(2)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Japan's fourth H-2A rocket lifted off on Dec. 14 at the Tanegashima Space Center of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) in Kagoshima Prefecture. The No.4 unit of the H-2A vehicle released into orbit the Advanced Earth Observation Satellite 2 (ADEOS2) for environmental research, the rocket's main payload on the latest mission, at 10:47 a.m.

(CORRECTED)(2)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

(CORRECTED)(2)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Japan's fourth H-2A rocket lifted off on Dec. 14 at the Tanegashima Space Center of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) in Kagoshima Prefecture. The No.4 unit of the H-2A vehicle released into orbit the Advanced Earth Observation Satellite 2 (ADEOS2) for environmental research, the rocket's main payload on the latest mission, at 10:47 a.m. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED)(4)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

(CORRECTED)(4)Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off with 4 satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Japan's fourth H-2A rocket lifts off on Dec. 14 from the Tanegashima Space Center of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) in Kagoshima Prefecture. The rocket later released into orbit the ADEOS2 satellite, which weighs about 3.7 tons and is the heaviest one ever carried by a Japanese-built rocket. (Kyodo)