On October 9, 2017 at 22:01 UTC (on October 10 at 07:01 local time) 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 “Michibiki-4” navigation satellite for Quasi-Zenith Satellite System.