Japan on Tuesday Jan 24,2017 launched a satellite to
modernise its military communications and reportedly to better monitor
North Korean missile launches.
The Kirameki-2 will enable ground, sea and air units of the military -- known as the Self-Defense Forces -- to communicate directly with each other, a defence ministry official said.
"We'll be able to exchange a large amount of data more quickly," the official told AFP.
"We currently share information with voice and by fax" due to limitations in the speed and capacity of the three civilian satellites the ministry currently uses, he said.
An H-IIA rocket carrying the satellite, which means "sparkle" in English, blasted off from the southern island of Tanegashima at 4:44 pm local time (0744 GMT).
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