Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.03.2025
U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Embassy personnel and partners pose for a photo following the successful launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 3, 2024. The QZSS-HP demonstrates the feasibility of U.S.-Japan partnerships in space domain awareness, satellite communications and potentially counter-space and missile warning operations.......
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
Spectators watch as the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload lifts off aboard an H-3 launch vehicle in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The QZSS is Japan’s domestically engineered and manufactured Position, Navigation and Timing space system, designed for users in Japan and currently augmenting the U.S.-built Global Positioning System. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood)...
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. John Schutte, 5th Air Force deputy commander, center right, and Katherine Monahan, the U.S. Embassy in Japan Charge d’Affaires, center, exchange contact information with Atsushi Watanabe, National Space Policy Secretariat of Japan deputy director-general, prior to the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The......
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Embassy leadership were given the opportunity to tour the Tanegashima Space Center prior to the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The QZSS is Japan’s domestically engineered and manufactured Position, Navigation and Timing space system, designed for users in Japan and currently augmenting......
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
From the left, Japanese Aerospace Propulsion Agency president Yamakawa Hiroshi and Katherine Monahan, the U.S. Embassy in Japan Charge d’Affaires, await the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload aboard an H-3 launch vehicle in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The QZSS-HP delivers low-latency domain awareness, enhancing operational readiness and supporting the......
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
From the left, Japanese Aerospace Propulsion Agency president Yamakawa Hiroshi meets with Brig. Gen. John Schutte, 5th Air Force deputy commander, and Katherine Monahan, the U.S. Embassy in Japan Charge d’Affaires, after a tour of the Tanegashima Space Center prior to the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The QZSS-HP delivers......
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Embassy leadership were given the opportunity to tour the Tanegashima Space Center prior to the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The QZSS is Japan’s domestically engineered and manufactured Position, Navigation and Timing space system, designed for users in Japan and currently augmenting......
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Embassy leadership were given the opportunity to tour the Tanegashima Space Center prior to the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. The mission of the QZSS-HP is to deploy two U.S. Department of Defense electro-optical payloads on Japanese satellites to enhance space surveillance capabilities......
