On October 27, 2018 at 04:08 UTC the Japanese H-2A rocket was launched from Tanegashima Cosmodrome situated at the island located 115 km south of Kyushu. Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. The rocket orbited the “Ibuki-2”, Japan’s second Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite. Five other satellites from Japan, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines accompanied the “Ibuki-2” on the flight.