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Japan's final H2A rocket successfully lifts off, ends 24-yr career
Japan successfully launched its 50th and final H2A liquid-fuel rocket from a southwestern Japan island on Sunday, drawing the curtain on the series' 24-year career in support of the country's space development program.
The final H2A rocket, which blasted off from Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture at 1:33 a.m., placed in orbit a government satellite for observing greenhouse gas levels and monitoring climate change. A Japanese H2A rocket, carrying a satellite for greenhouse gas and water cycle observation, lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 29, 2025. The H3 rocket, also developed by Mitsubishi Heavy and JAXA, is expected to help the country gain a foothold in the satellite-launch business that has become increasingly competitive with the rise of SpaceX of the United States.
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