The Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched an H2A rocket on the morning of January 26 with a Radar 7 satellite designed to collect information. This publication reports Nikkei. The launch was carried out at the Tanegashima Space Center (Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture). It was planned for January 25, but was postponed due to bad weather conditions.
Radar 7 will be part of the existing group of eight reconnaissance vehicles. These are optical satellites equipped with optoelectronic imaging equipment, and radar satellites that use the radar survey method. Radar 7 is supposed to replace Radar 5, which was launched in 2017.
On February 12, Japan will launch the new generation H3 rocket for the first time. It will be able to carry heavier satellites than H2A.
