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Private Japanese rocket launch company Space One Co. has postponed the launch of its small rocket scheduled for Saturday. The Tokyo-based company has yet to provide a reason for the postponement of the launch of its 18-meter-long Kairos rocket carrying a government intelligence satellite at Space Port Kii in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. It delayed the launch originally scheduled at 11:01 a.m. by 16 minutes before announcing the postponement. It has not given a new launch date. Space One would be Japan’s first private company to place a satellite into orbit. The company was establi…

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