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Japan set to launch S. Korean satellite
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January 13, 2009, Tuesday
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JAPAN'S Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said yesterday it had received an order from South Korea's aerospace agency to launch one if its satellites, marking the first time a Japanese rocket will carry a foreign satellite.
The launch of South Korea's KOMPSAT-3 satellite, designed to take images of the Earth, will be in Japan in 2011 or 2012, Mitsubishi Heavy, the country's biggest machinery maker, said.
The deal was announced during a visit to South Korea by Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso.
South Korea, which is trying to develop its own rockets, has previously used a private firm in Russia for a satellite launch.
Mitsubishi Heavy, which took over the production and management of the H2-A rocket from Japan's space agency in 2007, has only launched government satellites. Out of the 14 launches, 13 have succeeded, Mitsubishi said.
Japan's space program has struggled after launch failures. In 2003, it had to destroy an H2-A rocket carrying two spy satellites.
A spokesman for Mitsubishi Heavy in Tokyo declined to comment on how much the firm was charging for the launch.
The launch of South Korea's KOMPSAT-3 satellite, designed to take images of the Earth, will be in Japan in 2011 or 2012, Mitsubishi Heavy, the country's biggest machinery maker, said.
The deal was announced during a visit to South Korea by Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso.
South Korea, which is trying to develop its own rockets, has previously used a private firm in Russia for a satellite launch.
Mitsubishi Heavy, which took over the production and management of the H2-A rocket from Japan's space agency in 2007, has only launched government satellites. Out of the 14 launches, 13 have succeeded, Mitsubishi said.
Japan's space program has struggled after launch failures. In 2003, it had to destroy an H2-A rocket carrying two spy satellites.
A spokesman for Mitsubishi Heavy in Tokyo declined to comment on how much the firm was charging for the launch.
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