U.S. and Japan launch historic joint space security mission

Spectators watch as the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload lifts off aboard an H-3 launch vehicle in Tanegashima, Japan on Feb. 2, 2024. Credit: U.S. Air Force
The United States and Japan launched the first of two planned space domain awareness payloads on Feb. 2 to enhance detection of th...