U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Japan launch First Bilateral Space Effort

A joint delegation of U.S. and Japanese military and civilian representatives watch as a U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 (QZS-6) successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) on February 3, 2025. This is the first bilateral U.S.-Japan cooperative space effort focused on national security, and the first of two launches as part of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Hosted Payload (QZSS-HP). (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood)

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