Japan launched a spy satellite

Japan today (December 12) launched a new-generation reconnaissance satellite into orbit, amid growing concern of the country over North Korea's missile program and surveillance of the regional natural disasters , according to AFP.

Japan's H-2A missile , carrying a crawl radar satellite, left the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan at 10:00 am this morning (local time, 8:30 am). minutes of the same day in VN time).

Japanese spy satellite left the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center - (Photo: AFP)

It is known that the Japanese government decided to build a spy information collection system after the DPRK fired a missile test in 1998 in the Pacific, across the Japanese archipelago.

At the same time, Japan also expressed concern that North Korea's development of a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile with a range of about 6,700km was fired in April 2009.

According to AFP , for security reasons, the Japanese government refused to disclose specific information about the function of satellites, only knowing that in addition to military service, the satellite system also helps Japan warn. Early natural disasters may occur, such as the earthquake that caused the tsunami on March 11.

On September 23, Japan also successfully launched a new generation optical spy satellite that can take pictures in daytime and favorable weather conditions.

Meanwhile, radar reconnaissance satellites that have just left the launch pad this morning are able to capture images in both cloudy and night conditions.