Japan on Tuesday successfully launched an H-2A rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, with the rocket later releasing the satellite as planned. The optical reconnaissance satellite will be used for such purposes as monitoring developments at North Korean missile launch
A H-2A rocket carrying an intelligence-gathering satellite successfully takes off from the Tanegashima Space center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Tuesday afternoon.
Japan on Tuesday successfully launched an H-2A rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, with the rocket later releasing the satellite as planned.
The optical reconnaissance satellite will be used for such purposes as monitoring developments at North Korean missile launch facilities, increasing the number of the nation’s intelligence-gathering satellites to seven.
