In a potentially controversial move, Japan recently deployed an x-band communications satellite to reduce its reliance on other providers for…
GPM Launch Seen From the Tanegashima Space Center A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global…
Visualization of the GPM Core Observatory and Partner Satellites. GPM is slated to launch on Feb. 27 from Japan. Credit:…
NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MARYLAND - Weather researchers and forecasters worldwide are gushing with excitement in the final days…
[/caption] A Japanese rocket successfully blasted off early this morning (Jan. 22) on a vital mission bound for the International…