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An H-2A rocket carrying an Ibuki-2 greenhouse gas observation satellite reached its planned orbit after taking off from the Japanese space center.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Monday launched the rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center on the island of Tanegashima, wrote on Twitter.
Ibuki-2, also called GOSAT-2 (Greenhouse Gas Observation Satellite), developed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric, will orbit the Earth at 613 km altitude to collect data on methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, announced JAXA.
The satellite "will play a major role in monitoring the impact of climate change and human activities on the carbon cycle and should contribute to policies on climate science and climate change," Mitsubishi Electric said. a statement.
Ibuki, the predecessor of Ibuki-2, started observations of carbon dioxide and methane in 2009. Ibuki-2 will collect data on greenhouse gases with an even higher level of accuracy "so to provide observational data to environmental organizations and contribute to the international fight against CO2 emissions, global warming efforts, such as the Paris agreement, "added the company.
The satellite will also monitor air pollution by measuring particulate levels, such as PM 2.5, he added.
The rocket also carried KhalifaSat, an Earth observation satellite developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in the United Arab Emirates.
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