TOKYO, Feb. 1 -- Japan on Sunday launched an information gathering satellite with a radar reconnaissance payload for the Japanese government.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Sunday that they launched the spy satellite aboard the H-2A rocket at 10:21 a.m. (0121 GMT) from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan's southwestern Kagoshima prefecture.
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