The Uchinoura Space Centre in Japan has witnesses the lift-off of a rocket carrying a satellite space telescope Tuesday. After a 48-hour delay caused by heavy rain, the M-5 rocket blasted off at 0628 local time (2128 GMT Tuesday). Astro-F will orbit the Earth over the North and South Poles to make its survey of the sky.
It is to study the heat glow of space objects hidden by clouds of cosmic dust; the Astro-F probe will use infrared wavelengths. To make a map of the Universe, European astronomers are collaborating with Japan on the 500-day mission.
“This is a tremendous new window on the primordial Universe... Astro-F is expected to be one of the most important international observatories of the decade”, said Dr Stephen Serjeant, senior lecturer in astrophysics at the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK.
Via: BBC News
Japan Launches Satellite Space Telescope
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