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Japan's Space Odyssey: From Rising Sun To Lunar Gateway
A key driver of Japan’s space ambitions is the Basic Plan on Space Policy, which was revised in 2023 to reflect the evolving ...
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Japan launches navigation satellite into orbit aboard H3
Japan's flagship H3 rocket put a key component of Japan's satellite navigation program to eventually wean the nation off its dependence on foreign satellites into orbit on Feb. 2 on its fifth ...
The Asia Live11d
Satellite Warfare: Japan’s iQPS SAR Satellites Set to Strengthen Ukraine’s Intelligence Arsenal
Japan’s QPS-SAR satellite, equipped with a 3.6-meter radar dish that unfolds like a metallic bloom in orbit, doesn’t capture ...
The Fast Mode11d
Japan Dials in First Satellite Video Call via Rakuten Mobile, AST SpaceMobile
As part of their strategic partnership launched in March 2020, Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile aim to provide ...
Business Today7mon
Japan set to retire its H-2A rocket by the end of this year, spy satellite to be launched soon
Japan’s H-2A rocket is set for its second-to-last mission on Thursday, Sept. 26, launching a secret spy satellite named IGS-Radar 8 from Tanegashima Space Center at 1:24 a.m. EDT (0524 GMT ...