Japan picks SS/L to build replacement for lost H-2 payload

Japan's Ministry of Transport has picked Space Systems/Loral to build MTSAT-1R, an advanced platform for air traffic control and weather observation that will replace the one lost when the final H-2 rocket failed on launch last November. The U.S. company, which built the original satellite, was seen...

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