Japan will launch instrumented dummy payload with first H-IIA
DUMMY PAYLOAD: Japan won't entrust a real payload to the first H-IIA rocket next year because of uncertainty over the reliability of the rocket's main engine. Instead, Japan's entry in the commercial space launch market will make its inaugural flight with a two-ton instrumented dummy satellite...
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