Saturday, February 24, 2007

Japan Launches Its 4th Spy Satellite

An AP newswire article by Carl Freire, via Wired News, reports that:

Japan launched its fourth spy satellite Saturday, completing its capabilities to monitor activities worldwide and bolstering its ability to observe neighboring North Korea's nuclear program.

The satellite, along with a smaller test prototype, was launched from the country's space center on a remote southern Japan island atop an H-2A rocket, the workhorse of Japan's space program.

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