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Japan announces plans to launch upgraded observation satellites on new flagship rocket's 3rd flight

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Japan’s space agency announced Friday a plan to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time.

The Aerospace Exploration Agency that an H3 rocket will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center, on a southwestern island, early afternoon on June 30, with a launch window that runs through the end of July.

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