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Oita prefecture, home to Japan's largest number of hot springs, partnered with Virgin Orbit in 2020 to create its first Asian spaceport at Oita Airport using a Boeing 747 for horizontal rocket launches.
The bankruptcy filing by Richard Branson s Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc has dealt a blow to Japan s hopes of building a domestic space industry, with plans for a Kyushu-based spaceport designed to