Greenhouse gas satellite launch

Published Date: 23 January 2009

JAPAN fired the world's first greenhouse gas monitoring satellite into space today, a launch deemed crucial in the country's quest to compete globally in putting commercial satellites into orbit.
The black, white and orange H2A rocket took off from the space centre on Tanegashima, a remote island in southern Japan. Aboard the rocket was the world's first greenhouse gas monitoring satellite called Ibuki, which means "breath".