Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying satellite

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying satellite

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Photo shows two rocket boosters separating from an H-2A rocket, carrying a Japanese information-gathering satellite, following its launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 23, 2011.

China's rocket modified with solid strap-on boosters makes maiden flight

STORY: China's rocket modified with solid strap-on boosters makes maiden flight DATELINE: March 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rocket blasting off STORYLINE: A modified version of the Long March-6 carrier rocket with solid strap-on boosters made its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending two satellites into planned orbit. The rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 5:50 p.m. (Beijing Time). The modified rocket is China's first type of carrier rocket equipped with solid strap-on boosters. It uses non-toxic and non-polluting propellants and can send satellites to the sun-synchronous orbit. One of the two satellites launched by the rocket will carry out scientific test and research, land and resources survey and other tasks. The other will carry out verification of space environment detection technology test. It was the 412th mission of the Long March rocket series. Xinhua News A

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying satellite

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying satellite

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Photo shows two rocket boosters separating from an H-2A rocket, carrying a Japanese information-gathering satellite, following its launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 23, 2011. (Kyodo)

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying satellite

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying satellite

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Photo shows two rocket boosters separating from an H-2A rocket, carrying a Japanese information-gathering satellite, following its launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 23, 2011. (Kyodo)