Japan Launches GOSAT-GW on 50th and Final Liftoff of the HJ-2A Rocket

space.com Japan launched a dual-purpose satellite to monitor sea temperature and greenhouse gases.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Saturday (June 28) conducted its 50th and final launch of the H-2A rocket, taking the GOSAT-GW dual-purpose satellite to space. The mission lifted off from Yoshinobu Launch Complex (LP-1) at the Tenegashima Space Center in Japan at 12:33 p.m. EDT (1633 GMT; 1:33 a.m. June 29, local time in Japan).