Successful Launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI9" aboard H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 9
May 21, 2020, at 2:31 AM (JST)
H-IIB Vehicle light up in blue before its launch
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Global Extreme Heavy Rainfall and Drought detected by GSMaP ∼ "JAXA Climate Rainfall Watch" website is now available∼
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Massive bushfires in Australia seen from Space
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GPM/DPR observed "Hot tower" in Typhoon Kammuri which hit Philippines
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International Space Agencies Meet to Boost Coordination toward Moon-to-Mars Exploration
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JAXA and CNES Sign Implementing Arrangement on Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) and Hayabusa2
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JAXA and DLR Make and Sign Implementing Arrangement on Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
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Agreement with European Space Agency (ESA) for cooperation on the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission: XRISM
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CLASP2 Rocket Experiment Launched
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UNOOSA and JAXA open Fifth Round of KiboCUBE!
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New Dataset Release: GCOM-C/SGLI
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- Mar. 30, 2020 [Science & Basic] Numerical simulation technology
- Feb. 25, 2020 [JAXA Aeronautics Magazine] FLIGHT PATH No.24 "Integrated simulation technology" Added
- Jan. 29, 2020 [JAXA Aeronautics Magazine] "FLIGHT PATH" No.24
- Oct. 3, 2019 International Space Exploration Coordination Group Public Mini-Session（Live broadcast) ※Broadcast only in Japanese
- Jul. 18, 2019 HTV8 media briefing at Tanegashima Space Center
- May 21, 2020 (04:10) [release]Launch Results of the H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI9 aboard H-IIB Vehicle No. 9
- May 20, 2020 (15:00) [release]World’s first publically accessible “space avatar” set to launch for the International Space Station
- May 8, 2020 (09:30) [release]Study Based on Observation Data from Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2” Published in Science
- Apr. 30, 2020 (14:00) [release]Successful Deployment of First Guatemala Satellite, Selected as the Second Round of KiboCUBE Programme
- Apr. 24, 2020 (09:30) [release]Study Based on Observation Data from the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" Published in Science
- Apr. 23, 2020 (11:00) [release]Small Optical Link for International Space Station (SOLISS) Succeeds in Bidirectional Laser Communication Between Space and Ground Station
- Mar. 31, 2020 (13:00) [release]Announcement of the Space Vehicle for JAXA Astronaut Soichi Noguchi's International Space Station (ISS) Expedition
- Mar. 26, 2020 (14:00) [release]JAXA and RIKEN conclude master agreement for greater cooperation
- Mar. 24, 2020 (14:00) [release]Launch Schedule of the H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI9
- Mar. 23, 2020 (13:00) [release]JAXA concludes partnership-type contract for Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2)
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