The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 40 with the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite-2 "IBUKI-2"(GOSAT-2) and KhalifaSat, a remote sensing Earth observation satellite onboard lifted off at 13:08:00 p.m. on October 29, 2018 (Japan Standard Time) from the Tanegashima Space Center.
The launch and flight of H-IIA F40 proceeded as planned. So did the separation of GOSAT-2 and KhalifaSat, which was confirmed respectively at approximately 16 minutes and 09 seconds and 24 minutes and 15 seconds after liftoff.

The launch time of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 40 with the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite-2"IBUKI-2"(GOSAT-2) was set for 1:08:00 p.m. on October 29 (Mon.), 2018 (Japan Standard Time.) JAXA will broadcast a live launch report from the Tanegashima Space Center from 12:30 p.m. on the 29th. You can watch it through the Internet. Please have a look!

The launch schedule of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.40 with JAXA's Second Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite-2"IBUKI-2"(GOSAT-2) has been decided 1:08 p.m. through 1:20 p.m. on October 29 (Mon.), 2018 (Japan Standard Time).
The launch will be performed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA.

Slated for launch in Japanese fiscal 2018, JAXA's GOSAT-2, Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite: later renamed Ibuki is designed to accurately measure carbon dioxide and methane concentrations. This high-resolution satellite data is expected to offer consistent information that helps identify the sources of emission and absorption of atmospheric carbon monoxide.
The GOSAT-2 project team sees the need to attract public attention to the crucial GOSAT-2 missions and global warming, the issue that the missions will further elucidate. Their desire took shape in the Care for Earth project. In cooperation with ASATSU-DK INC., NPO City Watch Square and 7days kitchen opened the Future Cuisine Restaurant Ibuki, a pop-up restaurant only for a day in Omotesando, Tokyo.
The Future Cuisine Restaurant Ibuki won the final PR Bronze Lion of the 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, held on June 18 through 22, 2018 in Cannes, France.