A Japanese H-IIA rocket screamed away from the country’s Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday, dispatching an innovative satellite into orbit to join a constellation of spacecraft enhancing the availability and accuracy of Global Positioning System navigation services over the Japanese Islands and Asia-Pacific Region.
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A Japanese H-IIA 202 rocket blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 0:17:46 UTC on June 1st, 2017, carrying into orbit the second member of the country’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
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A Japanese H-IIA 202 rocket blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 0:17:46 UTC on June 1st, 2017, carrying into orbit the second member of the country’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
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Japan is preparing an H-IIA rollout for liftoff on Thursday with the second Quasi-Zenith Satellite to help augment Global Positioning System services over the Japanese Islands and the Asia Pacific Region by increasing its availability and accuracy.
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A Japanese H-IIA Rocket completes assembly at the Tanegashima Space Center in preparation for the launch of the second Quasi-Zenith Satellite to establish a constellation capable of enhanced Global Positioning System coverage and accuracy over Japan.
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The second Quasi-Zenith Satellite is presented to media at its manufacturing facility in Tsukuba before shipping to the launch site on Tanegashima Island to eventually join the first QZS satellite to support GPS augmentation services.
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