Japan Launches Spacecraft To Study Van Allen Belts

A Japanese spacecraft designed to study the interaction of solar storms and Earth’s magnetic field is functioning as planned after launch early Tuesday on an Epsilon launch vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center. Liftoff from the seaside facility at the southern tip of the Japanese archipelago came...

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