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)

Spectators watch as the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload lifts off aboard an H-3 launch vehicle in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The QZSS is Japan’s domestically engineered and manufactured Position, Navigation and Timing space system, designed for users in Japan and currently augmenting the U.S.-built Global Positioning System. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood)

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