Chino, Japan, July 21, 2020—Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s H-IIA rocket July 21 successfully launched the United Arab Emirates’ Mars probe Hope into orbit, confirming the Japanese space vehicle’s reliability as among the world’s top space launch vehicles, the company announced July 20. The launch reminded the Japanese that one of the country’s industries remains globally competitive.
‘The H-IIA launch vehicle is Japan’s flagship launch vehicle and one of the most reliable launch vehicles in the world. Today’s launch was the 45th consecutive successful H-IIA/H-IIB launch, with an accumulative success rate of 98.0%,’ the announcement said. Not bad!
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