Japan put new weather satellite in
space on its hope to improve forecasting of typhoons and also to detect the volcanic
gas plumes.
The said successful launch comes day
after typhoon strafed Japan and by just over a week after volcano killed 60
people when it erupted surprisingly without any signs of warning.
Japanese—made H—2A is a rocket
carrying Himawari—8 a weather satellite that blasted into the blue sky of Tanegashima
Space Center southern Kagoshima prefecture.
The USD155 million worth
satellite separated successfully from its rocket and entered the designated
orbit and sparking applause at space centre.
The Meteorological Agency of
Japan will use the said satellite, alongside with the Himawari—9, to be
launched in 2016, for forecasting and to replace ageing Himawari—6 and —7.
The said new satellite of the
Japanese “can obtain a satellite image of a typhoon once every 2.5 minutes,
against the current pace of once every 30 minutes,” this was told by an
official weather agency.
“Together with improvement in
computer-aided analysis, we hope our forecasts of a typhoon’s future course
will be more accurate.”
“As satellite images will become
multi-color from the current black and white, it will be easier to observe
volcanic gas” will be helpful for early warnings of volcanic eruption.
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