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 TOKYO (AP) - Japan's space agency on Wednesday launched a satellite into orbit around the Earth, where it will map the sky using infrared wavelengths.
The launch of the one-ton ASTRO-F — first developed by Britain, the United States and the Netherlands — follows a string of successes for the agency, which has struggled in the past.
An M-V rocket carrying the sky-mapping satellite lifted off from Uchinoura, 620 miles southwest of Tokyo, later entering its planned orbit and flying normally, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spokeswoman Nobuko Sato said.
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