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Japan Launches Second ‘Michibiki’ Navigation Satellite to Build a Homegrown, Precise Navigation System

  Japan has launched its second ‘Michibiki’ satellite to build a homegrown precise geolocation system that will help boost accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps. The satellite was launched through an H-IIA rocket that blasted off from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan. “The launch was a success,” a Cabinet Office spokeswoman […]