TOKYO: A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket was launched from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday, reaching a planned trajectory and successfully releasing two payloads in a second test flight a year after its failed debut launch.

The H3 rocket blasted off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center two days after its originally scheduled liftoff, which was delayed due to bad weather.

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