Japan Launches GOSAT-GW In Final H-IIA Mission

jaxa launch of GOSAT-GW
Credit: JAXA
SINGAPORE—Japan has deployed the Global Observing Satellite for Greenhouse Gases and Water Cycle (GOSAT-GW), placing the 2.6-ton spacecraft in orbit using an H-IIA rocket launched from the Tanegashima Space Center at 1:33 a.m. Tokyo time on June 29. Program officials declared the satellite...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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