APPROVAL GIVEN
Japan's National Space Development Agency has formally approved development of the H-IIA-204 vehicle with four solid rocket boosters for lifting 6,000-kg. (13,200-lb.) class payloads to a geostationary transfer orbit. The vehicle's debut will be the 2004 launch of NASDA's 5,800-kg. ETS-8 engineering...
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