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    Japan launches info-gathering satellite

    Japan has successfully launched an information-gathering satellite into orbit.
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    Monday, December 12, 2011 12:02 +0900 (JST)
    http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111212_17.html
    Preparation underway for launch of radar satellite
    Monday, December 12, 2011 07:51 +0900 (JST)
    http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111212_09.html

    Intelligence satellite launched into orbit

    MINAMITANECHO, Kagoshima--An H2A rocket carrying a radar intelligence-gathering satellite was successfully launched Monday morning from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, with the satellite confirmed to have been put into orbit, the center said.

    http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111212005082.htm

    Launch lifts H-2A rocket's success rate to 95%

    Japan's H-2A rocket put an information-gathering satellite into orbit on Dec. 12, lifting the rate of successful launches to an internationally competitive 95 percent.
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    The H-2A soars over the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Dec. 12. (Tadashi Mizowaki)
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    The H-2A rocket lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Dec. 12. (Azumi Fukuoka)
    http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/AJ201112120037

    Japan launches new spy satellite, H-2A rocket hits 95% success rate

    TANEGASHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan successfully launched a new information-gathering satellite on its H-2A rocket Monday morning, raising the launch vehicle's success rate to 95 percent and bringing the nation closer to its goal of completing an intelligence satellite system by March 2013 to monitor North Korea.

    http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm076000c.html

    Japan's H-2A rocket launch a success, but global competitiveness remains challenge

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) successfully launched an H-2A rocket carrying an intelligence satellite on Dec. 12, boosting the launch vehicle's success rate to 95 percent, but they are still far behind their overseas rivals in terms of technology and track record.

    http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...na015000c.html

    Japan Launches Information-Gathering Satellite

    Tanegashima, Kagoshima Pref., Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan successfully launched an information-gathering satellite on an H-2A rocket Monday morning.

    http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121200357

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