Japan launches new spy satellite
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Japan launches a rocket carrying its third spy satellite, increasing its ability to monitor North Korea.
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Japan's Defense Agency plans to develop a new anti-aircraft, anti-ship missile, a newspaper reported Monday.
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The European Space Agency is joining the Japanese-led Solar-B mission that is to lift off Saturday from Japan to study the solar atmosphere.  The satellite will be placed into a polar orbit synchronized with the Earth's revolution around the sun.
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The latest tiny flying robot that could help in search and rescue or surveillance has been unveiled in Japan.
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Japan successfully intercepted a ballistic missile in its first test launch of the US-developed SM-3 missile interceptor system from a warship in waters off Hawaii, reports said Tuesday.
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2nd Ld-Writethru: Japan launches spy satellite successfully    TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan successfully launched a spy satellite with an H-2A rocket on Monday from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said.
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Japan uses a ship-based defence system to shoot down a ballistic missile, the first such test by a US ally.
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All systems are finally go for Japan's first lunar orbiter, which is scheduled for launch on August 16, officials announced yesterday.
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Japan unveils a new defence policy, including a bigger role in global military cooperation.
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The new Japanese spacecraft sent into orbit in September to study the Sun has returned its first scientific data.
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Urgent: Japan launches spy satellite with H-2A rocket    TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan launched a spy satellite with an H-2A rocket on Monday from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
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Japan's space agency said Wednesday it was delaying the launch of a satellite aimed at providing high-speed Internet access across Asia due to a technical problem with its rocket.
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China on Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveying and other scientific projects for several days and return to Earth, government media reported.
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PARIS -- A European rocket roared yesterday into space from a launch pad in South America, placing into orbit a surveillance satellite billed as giving France's military new abilities to spy worldwide.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tokyo, 10 September: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said Sunday it will launch a rocket carrying a spy satellite from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture at 1:35 p.m. Monday.
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Israel's sophisticated new spy satellite has begun transmitting images from space, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
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China launched a new communications satellite into orbit early Friday to provide broader radio and television signal coverage across the country, state media reported.