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Japan launched a new spy satellite into orbit today, officials said, in its latest effort to beef up surveillance against the threat of North Korean missiles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Japanese H-2A rocket carrying a new information-gathering optical satellite lifted off at 1:36 pm (0436 GMT) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new satellite, equipped with optical sensors, can distinguish objects on the ground with a resolution of some 60 centimetres (24 inches) from an altitude of around 500 kilometres (310 miles), according to media reports.<\/p>\n

The government decided to build an intelligence-gathering system following North Korea’s missile launch in 1998 into the Pacific over the Japanese archipelago.<\/p>\n

In defiance of international pressure, North Korea launched again what was believed to be a three-stage Taepodong-2 missile in April 2009, with an estimated range of 6,700 kilometres (4,100 miles).<\/p>\n

Japan’s new satellite was the seventh to be placed into orbit since 2003 under the program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of the previously launched four optical and two radar satellites, only three optical ones are still operating.<\/strong> The latest satellite will replace one of them which has passed its expected life of five years.<\/p>\n

Optical satellites can capture images in daylight and in clear weather.<\/p>\n

In the next two years, Japan plans to launch two radar satellites, which can capture images at night and in cloudy weather.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For security reasons, the government has refused to divulge details about the functions of these satellites.<\/p>\n

The development cost of the latest satellite has reached 36 billion yen (US$470 million) with its launch expenses amounting to 10 billion yen, according to the government.<\/p>\n

The rocket had been initially scheduled to be sent into orbit on August 28.<\/p>\n

But the state-run JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had to postpone the launch three times due to poor weather conditions with the approach of a powerful typhoon and the discovery of a system glitch.<\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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