Asia-Pacific
Japan launches satellite to improve GPS functioning
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-09-11 23:10
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A Japanese H-2A rocket, carrying the global positioning satellite Michibiki, blasts off into space from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan September 11, 2010. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens and three-minute exposure time. [Photo/Agencies] |