{
  "id": 530496,
  "title": "Japan Successfully Launches H3 Rocket with Michibiki Satellite",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/japan-successfully-launches-h3-rocket-with-michibiki-satellite",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T03:21:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026081100243/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 7 positioning satellite from its Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 4:23 a.m. Tuesday. The satellite reached its planned orbit about 30 minutes later. The No. 9 rocket was the first H3 unit carrying a practical-u...",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "News On Japan",
        "title": "H3 Rocket No. 9 Successfully Launches Japan GPS Satellite",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/h3-rocket-no-9-successfully-launches-japan-gps-satellite",
        "published": "2026-08-10T22:28:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japan successfully launches H3 rocket carrying positioning satellite",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/japan-successfully-launches-h3-rocket-carrying-positioning-satellite",
        "published": "2026-08-11T02:05:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Japan successfully launches H3 rocket with Michibiki satellite",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/japan-successfully-launches-h3-rocket-with-michibiki-satellite-533907",
        "published": "2026-08-11T03:33:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}