On June 12, 2018 at 04:20 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 Japanese government “IGS-Radar-6” reconnaissance satellite equipped with a synthetic aperture radar imaging payload capable of resolving objects on the ground day and night, regardless of weather conditions.