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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced that the launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 21 (H-IIA F21) with the Global Changing Observation Mission 1st - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) and the "KOMPSAT-3" (Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 1) of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)" onboard, was reported to the Space Activities Commission (SAC) as follows:
To capitalise on the excess launch capability of the H-IIA F21, JAXA will also provide launch and orbit injection opportunities for two small secondary payloads.

Scheduled date of Launch: May 18 (Friday), 2012 (Japan Standard Time)
Launch time:  1:39 a.m. thru 1:42 a.m. (JST)
Launch Windows: May 19 (Saturday) through June 30 (Saturday), 2012



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Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said on Monday it had received an order from South Korea's aerospace agency to launch one if its satellites, marking the first time a Japanese rocket will carry a foreign satellite.
The launch of South Korea's KOMPSAT-3 satellite, designed to take images of the Earth, will be in Japan in 2011 or 2012

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Japan got its first commercial order to launch a satellite on a home-grown rocket on Monday, a deal that Japanese officials hope will grow into a business that could support the country's cash-strapped space program.
The agreement - which targets a liftoff date after April 2011 - comes less than two weeks before Japan plans to launch eight satellites into space to show that its H2A rocket can compete with rivals in Russia, the United States and Asia's new space powerhouse, China.

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Japanese Rocket Likely to Launch Arirang 3 Satellite
South Korea's multipurpose satellite Arirang Three, now under development, will likely be launched in Japan on a Japanese rocket in 2011.

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