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The Yomiuri Shimbun H3 rocket lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Saturaday morning.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
9:25 JST, February 17, 2024 (updated at 11:10 JST)
Japan’s new mainstay H3 rocket lifted off at around 9:22 a.m. on Saturday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The rocket successfully entered the scheduled orbit about 16 minutes after launch and the release of one of the two small satellites onboard was also confirmed.
