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Small satellite shown before launch on H-2A rocket

TOKYO, Japan - A microsatellite dubbed "Procyon" is shown to the press on Nov. 5, 2014, ahead of its launch together with the "Hayabusa 2" asteroid explorer on an H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30.

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Scientist holds model of 'Hayabusa' asteroid explorer

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Shogo Tachibana, an associate professor at a Hokkaido University graduate school, holds a model of the "Hayabusa" (falcon) unmanned space probe that brought back dust particles from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010 in this file photo taken in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 18, 2014. The Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer is set to be launched into space on Nov. 30.

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JAXA reveals unmanned space probe Hayabusa 2

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 31, 2014, shows the unmanned space probe Hayabusa 2, which the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed to the press at its facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo. JAXA plans to launch Hayabusa 2 as soon as December.

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Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows its space probe "Hayabusa 2" to the press in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014. JAXA plans to launch the probe as early as this December on a mission to retrieve organic material from an asteroid.

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Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The space probe "Hayabusa 2" is shown to the press by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014, ahead of its launch expected as early as this December.

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JAXA logo

JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, aerospace development, research and development period, national research and development corporation, rocket, satellite, Hayabusa, Hayabusa2, weather satellite Himawari, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = JAXA Tokyo Office in Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on July 12, 2019 Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Japan soliciting name for asteroid targeted by space probe

Makoto Yoshikawa, associate professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, shows a model of Asteroid 1999 JU3 at a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2015. JAXA is soliciting a name for the asteroid where space explorer Hayabusa 2 is heading. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Small satellite shown before launch on H-2A rocket

TOKYO, Japan - A microsatellite dubbed "Procyon" is shown to the press on Nov. 5, 2014, ahead of its launch together with the "Hayabusa 2" asteroid explorer on an H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30. (Kyodo)

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Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The space probe "Hayabusa 2" is shown to the press by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014, ahead of its launch expected as early as this December. (Kyodo)