ENGINE SALVAGE

A Japanese salvage team has succeeded in raising the Mitsubishi LE-7 first-stage engine from the Nov. 15 aborted H-2 launch. The liquid-fueled engine, which weighs 12 metric tons (26,400 lb.) in its original launch configuration, was located earlier this month by an unmanned submarine at a depth of...

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