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WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Space Force announced Jan. 17 it has delivered the first of two space sensor payloads scheduled to fly on Japan\u2019s navigation satellites. <\/span><\/p>

Japan\u2019s Office of National Space Policy <\/span>in 2020 inked an agreement<\/span><\/a> with the U.S. Space Force to host two optical sensor payloads on Japan\u2019s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) constellation. The first sensor will fly on QZS-6 and the second on QZS-7, currently projected to launch in 2023 and 2024, respectively. <\/span><\/p>

QZSS, commonly referred to as the Japanese GPS, is a positioning system composed mainly of satellites in quasi-zenith orbits. The new satellites that will host U.S. payloads will be in geostationary orbits, a key location that would allow the United States to monitor <\/span>critical assets in the GEO belt. <\/span><\/p>

The optical sensors<\/span><\/a> were developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s Lincoln Laboratory under a<\/span> 2019 agreement<\/span><\/a> with the U.S. Air Force. The lab is working with the Japanese National Space Policy Secretariat and Mitsubishi Electric Company to integrate the sensors on QZS-6 and QZS-7. <\/span>The two launches will expand the QZSS constellation to a total of seven satellites. <\/span><\/p>

\u201cThe delivery of the first payload represents an important milestone,\u201d said Lt. Col. Brian Fredrickson, program manager at U.S. Space Systems Command. \u201cWhile a lot of work remains, I\u2019m happy to report that we\u2019re on track to meet our commitments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Space Force personnel \u201cwill mobilize to Japan to support the integration and test efforts with their Japanese partners until completion of the launch of both QZSS host satellites,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>

The payload was transported on a military aircraft operated by Air Mobility Command from Hanscom Air Force Base\u2019s 66th Air Base Wing in Massachusetts to Yokota Air Base\u2019s 374th Airlift Wing in Japan. <\/span><\/p>

Space Systems Command said the partnership with Japan \u201cwill set the stage for future collaborations.\u201d <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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