Japan’s H-IIA Launches third Quasi-Zenith Satellite

Video Credit: JAXA Launch Updates: Japan’s H-IIA rocket, flying in its 204 configuration with four boosters, lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 5:29:00 UTC on August 19, 2017 on a 29-minute ascent mission into Geostationary Transfer Orbit with the third Quasi-Zenith Satellite. Also called Michibiki-3, the 4,700-Kilogram satellite received a smooth ride and is set to become the sole geostationary member of the QZSS constellation that supplements GPS naviga