Urgent: Japan launches intelligence satellite
Xinhua, February 1, 2015 Adjust font size:
Japan on Sunday launched an information gathering satellite with a radar reconnaissance payload for the Japanese government.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Sunday that they launched the spy satellite aboard the H-2A rocket at 10:21 a.m. (0121 GMT) from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan's southwestern Kagoshima prefecture. Endi