The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully launched a test rocket from its Uchinoura Space Center in the town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Sunday.
The S-520-RD1 rocket was equipped with a test device for a scramjet engine, which is planned for use in hypersonic aircraft that travel at five times the speed of sound, or Mach 1 and faster.
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