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Optical-8: Japan’s satellite eye on China, N Korea missiles

Japan’s recent Optical-8 intelligence-gathering satellite launch underlines the remilitarizing nation’s growing focus on space-based security, with a particular eye on fast-evolving Chinese and North Korean missile and other military threats. The Optical-8 was successfully launched on January 12 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) using the H2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, […]

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