{"id":194498,"date":"2025-12-16T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/194498\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:12:13","slug":"japan-orbits-new-experimental-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/194498\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Orbits New Experimental Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> (<a style=\"color:black\" href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MENAFN<\/a>) Japan has effectively placed a cutting-edge technology test satellite into orbit, according to an official announcement from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).<\/p>\n<p>JAXA explained that the spacecraft, known as Satellite-4 or RAISE-4, lifted off on Sunday aboard an Electron launch vehicle operated by the US company Rocket Lab. The launch took place from the firm\u2019s Complex 1 spaceport located in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The project was the result of a collaborative effort involving private-sector firms, academic institutions, and scientific research organizations from across Japan, reflecting a broad national partnership in space innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dedicated mission delivered precision and reliability for one of the world\u2019s most respected space agencies, and we couldn\u2019t be prouder of supporting JAXA with the dedicated access to space needed to support the growth of Japan\u2019s aerospace economy,\u201d said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab founder and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>In earlier years, similar experimental satellites were deployed using Japan\u2019s compact Epsilon launch vehicles; however, that rocket program experienced a failure in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color:black\" href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\/1110481639\/Japan-Orbits-New-Experimental-Satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>MENAFN15122025000045017167ID1110481639<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> Legal Disclaimer:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MENAFN<\/a> provides the<br \/>\n              information \u201cas is\u201d without warranty of any kind. We do not accept<br \/>\n              any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images,<br \/>\n              videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information<br \/>\n              contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright<br \/>\n              issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(MENAFN) Japan has effectively placed a cutting-edge technology test satellite into orbit, according to an official announcement from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-194498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}