The third satellite of Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System is presented to members of the media before being shipped off to the Tanegashima Space Center for an August 2017 liftoff atop an H-IIA rocket.

apan’s H-IIA rocket takes shape at the Tanegashima Space Center in preparation for an August 2017 liftoff with the QZS-3 (Michibiki-3) satellite joining the country’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System