Rockot Orbits Second Japanese Technology Satellite

Japan has launched a second Servis satellite, intended to demonstrate the use of commercial-off-the-shelf technologies in space. The spacecraft was launched June 2 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia by a Rockot booster. A Rockot vehicle was also used to orbit Servis-1 in October 2003...

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