Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite launched from Japan

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese rocket carrying the United Arab Emirates’ first locally made satellite has lifted off from a space center in southern Japan.
The KhalifaSat Earth observation satellite was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency from its Tanegashima Space Center.
The H-2A rocket also is carrying an Ibuki-2 greenhouse gas observation satellite for Japan.
The launch is part of the Gulf nation’s ambition under its fledging space program.
The country aims to send