In this long exposure photo, an H-2A rocket carrying Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle, or GOSAT-GW satellite, lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center, seen in Kagoshima, southern Japan, early Sunday. Its mission is to monitor carbon, methane and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Kyodo News photo by Kotaro Ueda via AP

In this long exposure photo, an H-2A rocket carrying Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle, or GOSAT-GW satellite, lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center, seen in Kagoshima, southern Japan, early Sunday. Its mission is to monitor carbon, methane and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Kyodo News photo by Kotaro Ueda via AP