IBUKI (GOSAT) launch atop H-2A rocket

January 23, 2009 - Tanegashima Space Center.
Japan has launched a satellite that will be used to observe the concentration distribution of greenhouse gases from space. The launch of the Ibuki satellite (also known by GOSAT - Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite) took place on January 23 at 01:54 japanese time from the LP1 launch platform of the Yoshinubo launch complex on Tanegashima.
H-2A is launched by JAXA, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
SECOND ORBITAL LAUNCH OF THE YEAR

Thanks to JAXA for webcast

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[EndeavourLaunch]

Shut up hippy.

L02 + LH2 -> Water Vapor.

Learn your chemistry.

[q8mind]

The lady's voice gets annoying after a while. Is it even a human or just a robot?

[Puma5]

Oh.. one or two rockets more, what's the difference?

[thedispatcher66]

makes perfect sense....launch a rocket into space to save the environment