February 26, 2005 (18 ���� years the first month), Japanese H2A rocket launch Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. H2A rocket equipped

2005 2 26 Japan launch "Sunflower 6" weather multi-purpose satellite into highly synchronous orbit of 36,000 km, which marks the Japanese Aerospace Exploration agency the Aviation successful attempts. Expected by the end of May, the satellite will begin to conduct meteorological observations.
Japanese H2A rocket program starting in 2006, will be converted into privatization, from design and manufacturing to launch by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan's famous military enterprises, institutional and management system in Europe and America, aimed at mobilizing civil funding the development of Japan's aerospace industry. Japanese manned space flight is being developed ambitious plans in June 2002, the Japanese government has decided to adjust the space technology development focus to abandon the development of manned spacecraft, decided not separate the implementation of the manned space program in 10 years, and only through participation in international Space Station cooperation projects such as the accumulation of technology.