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A Japanese rocket takes off carrying satellites at the Tanegashima ...
Jan 5th, 2011
(AFP/Jiji Press/File) - A Japanese rocket takes off carrying satellites at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture in the south of the country. Japan is considering launching new satellites to establish its own global positioning system (GPS) in a bid to reduce its reliance on the US navigation network, officials said on Wednesday.(AFP/Jiji Press/File) -
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