Japan's Spy Satellite Fleet Down To Two Operational Spacecraft

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Japan's fleet of reconnaissance satellites has been reduced to two operational satellites following the malfunction of the fleet's remaining radar satellite only halfway through its nominal five-year mission, according to an official at the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center.rnThe official, who asked not to be named, said that the IGS-Radar-2 satellite, which was launched in February 2007, stopped sending radar data on Aug. 23 due to an undisclosed problem with the satellite's electrical system.