New Surveillance Satellite Successfully Launched from Tanegashima Space Center

Video footage taken on June 12 shows the successful launch of rocket H2-A No.39 from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture as crowds look on. Blasting off at 1:20 p.m., the rocket carried as its payload Radar No.6, a satellite capable of monitoring at nighttime and peering through adverse weather conditions for purposes of defensive surveillance and the tracking of natural disasters. Radar No.6 will take over the role of one of four radar satellites already in orbit with two optical satellites. The new satellite is expected to be made operational within a few months.
Video footage taken on June 12 shows the successful launch of rocket H2-A No.39 from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture as crowds look on. Blasting off at 1:20 p.m., the rocket carried as its payload Radar No.6, a satellite capable of monitoring at nighttime and peering through adverse weather conditions for purposes of defensive surveillance and the tracking of natural disasters. Radar No.6 will take over the role of one of four radar satellites already in orbit with two optical satellites. The new satellite is expected to be made operational within a few months.
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Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
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974654242
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
June 12, 2018
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00:00:34:28
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minami-tane, Japan
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QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG HD 1920x1080 29.97p
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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20180612h2a.mov