On June 1, 2017 at 23:45 UTC the Ariane 5” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket orbited the American “ViaSat-2” and the French "Eutelsat 172B” telecommunication satellites.

On June 1, 2017 at 00:17 UTC the Japanese H-2A rocket was launched from Tanegashima Cosmodrome situated at the island located 115 km south of Kyushu. Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. The rocket orbited the “QZS-2” (Quasi-Zenith Satellite-2) navigation satellite to help augment Global Positioning System services over the Japanese Islands and the Asia Pacific Region by increasing GPS availability and accuracy.