NEC conducts manufacturing and testing as the system coordinator for “Hitomi” (ASTRO-H)

JAPAN PRODUCTS | News, Science and Technology News | 02/19/2016

JAXA launches X-ray astronomy satellite “Hitomi” (ASTRO-H)
NEC conducts manufacturing and testing as the system coordinator
Date: Feb 17, 2016
Source: NEC Corporation

Tokyo, Japan – February 17, 2016 – The X-ray Astronomy Satellite “Hitomi” (ASTRO-H) was launched today from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center atop the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 30. Hitomi has successfully entered the intended orbit and deployed its solar array paddle as scheduled.

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Japan’s first dedicated commercial satellite successfully launched from Tanegashima Space Center

JAPAN PRODUCTS | News, Science and Technology News | 11/24/2015

H2A No. 29 launched; Japan’s first commercial launch
Date: Nov 24, 2015
Source: The Japan News

TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) launched H2A rocket No. 29, carrying the Canadian telecommunications satellite Telstar 12V, from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday. This is Japan’s first launch of a commercial satellite.

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Mitsubishi and JAXA successfully launched new intelligence satellite on H2A rocket

JAPAN PRODUCTS | News, Science and Technology News | 05/26/2015

Japan successfully launches intelligence satellite
Date: Mar 26, 2015
Source: Kyodo

TANEGASHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) — Japan successfully launched Thursday morning a rocket carrying a backup optical satellite for the government’s intelligence gathering program.

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Panasonic batteries to support Hayabusa 2 for 6 years in space

JAPAN PRODUCTS | Reports, Science and Technology Reports | 03/13/2015

Off For a 6-Year Mission. Panasonic Batteries on Board Hayabusa2
Date: Mar 12, 2015
Source: Panasonic Corporation

Osaka, Japan – Panasonic‘s lithium primary batteries have been mounted in the asteroid explorer “Hayabusa2“* launched on December 3, 2014. Three models of graphite fluoride (BR series**) cylindrical-type lithium primary batteries (BR-A, BR-1/2AA, and BR-C) with an extensive shelf life have been mounted this time. The same type of batteries had also previously been mounted in “Hayabusa,” which returned to Earth in 2010.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Receives Order from UAE to Launch a Satellite

JAPAN PRODUCTS | News, Science and Technology News | 03/03/2015

Japan’s H2A rocket to launch UAE satellite
Date: Mar 01, 2015
Source: NHK World

A Japanese firm has received an order from the United Arab Emirates to launch a satellite. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the UAE’s space agency signed a contract last month. Mitsubishi offers launch services using the nation’s mainstay H2A rocket.

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Japan has successfully launched its new asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2

JAPAN PRODUCTS | News, Science and Technology News, Transportation News | 12/03/2014

Launch Success of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 26 with “Hayabusa2” Onboard
Date: Dec 3, 2014
Source: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 26 (H-IIA F26) with the Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2” onboard at 1:22:04 p.m. on December 3, 2014 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center.

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Japan successfully launched next-generation weather satellite “Himawari 8”

JAPAN PRODUCTS | News, Science and Technology News | 10/07/2014

Japan lofts Himawari 8 weather satellite via H-IIA rocket

Himawari 8 successfully launched
Date: Oct 6, 2014
Source: NHK World

Japan successfully launched its next-generation weather satellite atop an H2A carrier rocket and sent it into initial orbit as scheduled on Tuesday.

The rocket lifted off at 2:16 PM with a roar from the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.

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H-IIA Rocket No. 25 will be launched with Geostationary Meteorological Satellite on Oct 7

JAPAN PRODUCTS | Kagoshima News, Kyushu News, Science and Technology News | 08/13/2014

Launch of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 25
Date: Aug 7, 2014
Source: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to launch the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 25 (H-IIA F25) with the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite “Himawari-8” onboard in the following schedule.

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H-3 rocket to be developed in fiscal 2020

JAPAN PRODUCTS | Kagoshima News, News, Science and Technology News | 05/18/2013

H-3 rocket to be developed
Date:May 18, 2013
Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japanese government panel on space policy tentatively agreed on Friday to start developing a large, next-generation rocket next fiscal year, aiming to shift the design and development of the new device to private companies to reduce costs.

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