Japan’s space agency has successfully put an Earth-observation satellite into orbit, using rocket technology that it hopes will boost its launch capabilities.
A 24-metre Epsilon rocket carrying the satellite was launched on 18 February from Japan’s Uchinoura Space Center, the national space agency Jaxa announced. The takeoff was originally planned for 12 November but was postponed twice, first due to an electrical problem and then owing to bad weather.
This was the third rocket of its kind to be launched and the first to carry a private satellite. The previous two rockets—launched in 2013 and 2016—carried Jaxa’s own satellites.
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