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One of the most technology intensive countries in the world, Japan, has now finally succeeded in conducting a successful launch of the country’s first GPS satellite, in an effort to boost its satellite navigation capabilities. The Michibiki satellite was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:17 pm local time on Saturday and was delivered [...]

Humans have come a long way from sending unmanned spacecrafts into the orbit, to planning manned Mars missions by the end of this decade. Yet, there is a concept that though proven quite feasible in theory was yet to have been attempted successfully. We are talking about the solar propulsion in space travel, with the help of solar sails. The Japan Aerospace [...]

Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is all sent to launch a solar powered spacecraft Ikaros in space on May 18. Ikaros is essentially a spacecraft which will be powered by solar sails and will cruise through solar system and will explore deep space like never before. It is first of its kind interplanetary kite on a deep space mission that [...]

Managing with its small amount of resources and increasing demand for fuels, Japan is one of those countries of the world that largely depends on renewable sources for energy consumption. No wonder this yearning led the country to launch an audacious multi-billion dollar eco-friendly concept, the Space Solar Power System (SSPS) that would take form [...]