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Japan on Tuesday, 10th October 2017 successfully launched a fourth satellite for a new high-precision Global Positioning System (GPS).
The Japan government hopes the feat would encourage new businesses and help spur economic growth.
The
fourth Michibiki satellite lifted off from Japan’s southern Tanegashima
space port aboard an H-2A rocket taking just over 28 minutes to reach
orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
Having
four satellites that loop over Japan and Australia in a figure of eight
orbit will allow for uninterrupted coverage and puts engineers on
course to switch the system on in April 2018.
Rostrum Tech Crew gathered that the Japanese
GPS can locate devices to within several centimeters compared with the
commonly-used U.S. system, which has an accuracy of about 10 meters.
Japan plans to have seven of the geo-positioning satellites in orbit by 2023.
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