{"id":143282,"date":"2021-11-10T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T07:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143282&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:05:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T07:05:35","slug":"uk-satellite-to-launch-from-tanegashima","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/uk-satellite-to-launch-from-tanegashima\/","title":{"rendered":"UK satellite to Launch from Tanegashima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A British satellite will be launched from Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Dec. 21. The large Inmarsat satellite, belonging to the international satellite communication provider, will be carried on an H2A rocket made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The satellite&#8217;s mission is related to the development of next-generation high-speed communication. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20211104\/k00\/00m\/040\/095000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20211104\/k10013334521000.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhi.com\/jp\/news\/21110403.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-143287\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gallery_02950.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gallery_02950.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gallery_02950.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gallery_02950.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gallery_02950.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welcomekyushu.jp\/gallery\/?mode=detail&amp;id=2950\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization Photo Gallery\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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