A H-2A rocket launches from Tanegashima Space Center carrying the QZS 1R satellite. (Photo: MHI)

Japan successfully launches first QZSS replacement, QZS-1R

October 26, 2021

A successor to the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) satellite, QZS-1R, was launched at 11:19 a.m. Japan Standard […]

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H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 44 at the Yoshinobu Vehicle Assembly Building, JAXA Tanegashima Space Center. in preparation for launch of the successor to the Michibiki Unit 1 on Oct. 25. (Photo: MHI)

QZSS successor satellite set to launch Tuesday

October 20, 2021

UPDATE: Because of bad weather, the launch is now scheduled for Oct. 26 (Oct. 25, 18:45 p.m. PT). […]

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Japan launches second Michibiki QZSS satellite

June 2, 2017

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a second navigation satellite on […]

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Japan readies second Michibiki satellite for QZSS

April 10, 2017

The second satellite in the Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is scheduled for launch in June. QZSS will […]

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