Japan Launched new weather satellite in space

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.