An H-IIA rocket carrying a South Korean satellite launched from southern Japan Friday. Msnbc.com's Craig Melvin reports.

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This trace of a moving light is made by Japan's H-IIA, launched from the Tanegashima space center in Kagoshima prefecture on Friday.
NHK reports: Japan's space agency, JAXA, successfully launched an H2A rocket carrying a foreign satellite early Friday.
It was the first commercial launch of a Japanese rocket based on a commission from overseas.


of the billiions of dollars, what benifit is to be obtained, another type of frying pan, speak to the children in india and mexico who spend the waking hours scavenging the dumps for food and items to sell to stay alive. The world is throwing money at wasteful stupidity ignoring the death and pian of the world around us.