Japan scraps H-2 to concentrate on H-2A; one-year slip in launches

Japan's Science and Technology Agency (STA) has approved a plan to scrap the troubled H-2 rocket, which has failed in its past two launch attempts, and concentrate on developing the H-2A upgrade. According to press reports in Tokyo, the STA authorized Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA...

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