Japan launches a climate change monitoring satellite on mainstay H2A rocket's last flight
TOKYO — Japan on Sunday launched a satellite monitoring greenhouse gas emissions using its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship 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.
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