Final ascent: The H-2A rocket, carrying a GOSAT-GW satellite, lifting off from a launch pad in Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. - AP
THE nation successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite on its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship model designed to be more cost competitive in the global space market.
The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, carrying the GOSAT-GW satellite as part of Tokyo’s effort to mitigate climate change.
