Japan's aerospace industry is getting ready to enter the commercial satellite-launching business amid moves to transfer the government's H-IIA rocket technology to the private sector.
One estimate puts the size of the market at 40 trillion yen in 2010 -- four times what it is now.
But many point out that Japan has shown up at the party rather late and is trying to make inroads into the business as worldwide demand for commercial satellite launches wanes.
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