ロケット打ち上げ「抜本強化」　岸田首相表明、宇宙計画改定で

　政府は２０日、首相官邸で宇宙開発戦略本部（本部長・岸田文雄首相）の会合を開き、年末に予定する宇宙基本計画工程表の改定に向け、ロケット打ち上げ能力の強化などを盛り込んだ重点事項を決定した。ウクライナに侵攻したロシアのロケットを活用できないことから、首相は「わが国の打ち上げ能力を抜本的に強化する」と表明した。
　首相は、宇宙航空研究開発機構（ＪＡＸＡ）などが開発中の新型ロケット「Ｈ３」の早期実用化を通じ、「複数の人工衛星を高い頻度で打ち上げることを可能にする」との目標も示した。（2022/05/20-18:12）

The Japanese government Friday set out a target of drastically enhancing the country's rocket launch capabilities as it prepares to revise a road map in its basic space plan at year-end.
   "We will radically strengthen our country's rocket launch capabilities," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a meeting of the government's Strategic Headquarters for Space Development.
   The target, which is among the high-priority items decided at the meeting, came at a time when Japan has become unable to use the rockets of Russia, which has invaded Ukraine.
   Kishida said the government also aims to make it possible to launch multiple satellites frequently by putting into practical use an H-3 rocket, being developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, and others.
   Currently, Japan relies on the United States and Russia for commercial rocket launches.