Japan orbits satellite to spy on North Korea

TOKYO, (RIA Novosti) – Japan successfully orbited on Saturday an information gathering satellite, the Kyodo news agency said.
A Japanese H-2A rocket carrying the satellite lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 10:21 a.m. local time [01:21 GMT], Kyodo said.
Japan’s national space agency JAXA launched the satellite, the third of its kind, [...]

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