Japan launches 'moon sniper' lunar lander to space
The launch comes two weeks after India became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission to the unexplored lunar south pole.
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The rocket is carrying Jaxa's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, which would be the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon.
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The H3 was carrying the ALOS-3, a disaster management land observation satellite that is also equipped with an experimental infrared sensor designed to detect North Korean ballistic missile launches.
