Japan announced a further in December this year to launch a satellite intelligence gathering
Date:2011-10-11Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
data for: at 13:36 on September 23, Japan Aerospace Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in the Tanegashima Space Center successfully launched a satellite equipped with intelligence gathering, “Optics 4″ of the H2A rocket.
Xinhua Tokyo October 11 (Reporter blue construction) 11, the Japanese government announced on December 11 at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, the use of the H2A rocket launch of a name as “Radar 3″ intelligence-gathering satellites.
Earlier, Japan was successfully launched on September 23, “Optics 4″ intelligence-gathering satellites.
Since 2003, Japan launched intelligence-gathering satellite, the purpose is to respond to large-scale natural disasters, security problems and to collect imagery intelligence. By the Japanese government plans to build at least two optical satellites and two radar satellites of the global information processing systems to ensure that every day in any condition to any location on Earth can detect at least one time.
radar observation satellites can perform tasks at night, but had two radar satellites launched has stopped due to failure to use, the Japanese Government is prepared to launch “Radar 3″, the launch next year, “Radar 4 . ” The only sunny optical observation satellite, 1-3 are currently in use, September 23 launch of the “optical 4″ is designed to replace over the life of the “optical 2.”
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