23 September 2011

News Story: Japan launches spy satellite

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TOKYO (BNS): Japan on Friday launched a military satellite in a move to keep vigil over North Korea.

The new Information Gathering Satellite (IGS), known as Optical-4, was launched by an H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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