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Date: Sep 9 18:52 2006

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T minus 8 hours 30 minutes See more Launch may be postponed to bad weather. Cloudy skies with showers, winds of 13 km/h (SSE), and there is a chance of a thunderstorm. __________________

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Date: Sep 9 17:21 2006

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A Japanese H-2A rocket will launch the country's third Information Gathering Satellite optical reconnaissance spacecraft (IGS), from the Tanegashima Launch site, Japan, on September 10th, 2006. -- Edited by Blobrana at 18:31, 2006-09-09 __________________

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Date: Jul 20 10:32 2006

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A Japanese H-2A rocket will launch Japan's third Information Gathering Satellite optical reconnaissance spacecraft from the Tanegashima launch complex, Japan, on 10th September, 2006. The satellite will be able to resolve objects a metre or more in diameter. It's mission will probably be to keep an eye on neighbouring North Korea. Japan's space agency, JAXA, has rescheduled a radar spy satellite, that was originally planned to be launched aboard the same rocket, to fly aboard its own H-2A rocket. Read more __________________

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