Japan's Meteorological Agency said it will turn to the U.S.' NOAA weather satellites

Japan's Meteorological Agency said it will turn to the U.S.' NOAA weather satellites as a fill-in if the GMS-5, whose design life ends this month, quits before it can launch a replacement. The GMS-5 was to be replaced by MTSAT-1 which was lost last November in an H-2 launch failure. Last week, Japan...

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