A Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite rolls out to launch pad 1 at the Tanegashima Space Center February 27, 2014 in Tanegashima, Japan.

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A Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite rolls out to launch pad 1 at the Tanegashima Space Center February 27, 2014 in Tanegashima, Japan.

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Location: Tanegashima, Japan
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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