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Japan makes history, launches 7 spacecrafts into space
Asian giants Japan made history with the launch of seven spacecraft into space, one of which is a mini-satellite that can create phenomenal artificial meteor showers.
A Japanese start-up designed the microsatellite in a bid to be the first company in history to create artificial meteor showers that will illuminate the skies much brighter than the natural celestial event.
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On Thursday, Jan. 17, Japan’s 24-meter-tall Epsilon rocket successfully lifted off for the fourth time from JAXA Uchinoura Space Center in Japan since its maiden voyage in 2013.
The booster can loft up to 700 kg into the 310-mile-high orbit above Earth.
According to the officials of Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA, it is Epsilon’s first ever to launch more than one satellite at a single time.
The launch also marks the first for JAXA’s Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program that aims to “nurture and prove out advanced new space tech.”
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