Currently, nine Radar satellites are in operation, including those capable of collecting satellite imagery even at night and in cloudy weather. The government is seeking to establish a system of ...

Japan's flagship H3 rocket put a key component of Japan's satellite navigation program to eventually wean the nation off its dependence on foreign satellites into orbit on Feb. 2 on its fifth ...

Japan’s space agency successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own. The H3 rocket ...

About Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4”(ALOS ... For example, in disaster-prone Japan, the ability to observe at night and under bad weather conditions can be utilized to quickly ...

Japan’s H-2A rocket is set for its second-to-last mission on Thursday, Sept. 26, launching a secret spy satellite named IGS-Radar 8 from Tanegashima Space Center at 1:24 a.m. EDT (0524 GMT ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Sunday launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own. The H3 rocket ...