* Astronomy

A tiny satellite made by students of Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology's Arakawa Campus in Arakawa Ward will be loaded onto the H-2A rocket scheduled to be launched in January from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Residents, companies and shops in Arakawa Ward have donated about 2 million yen via a local branch of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry to help fund the students' trip to the space center to witness the rocket's launch.

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