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Urgent: Japan launches X-band defense communications satellite

Xinhua, January 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

Japan launched an X-band defense communications satellite on Tuesday for the Japanese Ministry of Defense.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. launched the X-band defense communications satellite-2 aboard the H-2A Launch Vehicle No.32 at 4:44 p.m. local time on Tuesday from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Japan's southwestern Kagoshima prefecture. Endit