Tokyo, Friday - The satellite was delayed on Friday (23 / 1), the Tangeashima Island, Japan, to control global warming. Joint co-launched seven satellites, small satellites in support of Japanese space program.
"Satellite monitoring of greenhouse gases is separated from the rocket and the normal functioning," said a spokesman for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), as reported by Reuters. However, the fate of seven other satellites is unknown.
The main satellite, the Japanese scientists can calculate the carbon dioxide and methane levels have 56,000 points on the Earth. The Japanese government hopes to participate in the fight against climate change research satellite.
In addition, the launch of the Japanese studies of the tread and the activities of the satellite launch. Meanwhile, the company serviced by European, U.S. and Russia. China and India has begun in recent years.
China successfully launched a communications satellite owned by Nigeria and Venezuela in 2007, the first satellite last year. India has also launched several satellites, including Indonesia bethasil PADDLE Tubs.
Japan was the first satellite launch orders from other countries earlier this month. The space agencies of South Korea has asked Japan to launch satellite KOMPSAT-3 is designed to photograph the Earth's surface. The launch is planned between 2011 and 2012.
Satellite launch rocket made Japanese-made H-2A launch since the middle of a small island located 1000 km south of Tokyo. That the satellites are needed $ 96 million.
Japan's satellite launch program has demonstrated expertise in successfully sent a lunar satellite into orbit last year. Japan's ambitious even to send astronauts to the moon in 2025.
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