Japan has put another satellite into orbit to gather intelligence for national security purposes.
Japan has put another satellite into orbit to gather intelligence for national security purposes.
An H2A rocket carrying the intelligence-gathering satellite lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan, at 1:20 PM on Tuesday. It put the satellite into orbit some 20 minutes later.
The Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which carried out the launch, cited security reasons for not disclosing launch details, such as the altitude of the satellite release.
The de-facto reconnaissance satellite is designed to capture images of the Earth’s surface from hundreds of kilometers up.
Japan operates optical and radar satellites.
