TOKYO -- Japan's augmented Global Positioning System is expected to create a host of new business opportunities, from highly sophisticated car navigation and drone delivery to autonomous driving of construction equipment.
The second of a planned four satellites that will form the network was successfully launched Thursday from the Tanegashima Space Center. Information from the first Michibiki quasi-zenith satellite launched in September 2010 is already in use, and Japan plans to launch two more by March 2018.
