Children react to a projected live transmission image displaying the launch of Japan's new solid-fuel Epsilon rocket carrying satellites from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima, at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on September 14, 2013. Japan's new solid-fuel rocket successfully blasted off carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated from a laptop computer-based command centre. AFP PHOTO / RIE ISHII
TOKYO: Japan’s new solid-fuel rocket successfully blasted off carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated from a laptop computer-based command centre.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) launched the Epsilon rocket from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, at 2pm.
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