Japan Orbits Another Optical Recce Satellite

Japanese controllers are checking out an optical reconnaissance satellite designed to monitor North Korea and other potential military threats after its launch on an H-IIA rocket Nov. 28. The $565-million optical information-gathering satellite (IGS) lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in...

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