TOKYO, Rabi'II 26, 1438, January 24, 2017, SPA -- Japan on Tuesday launched its first military communications satellite to boost the broadband capacity of its Self Defence Forces, Reuters reported. The satellite lifted off from Japan's Tanegashima space port aboard an H-IIA rocket at 0744 GMT and successfully entered orbit, said a spokesman for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , which builds the launcher. The satellites is one of three planned so-called X-band satellites, that will quadruple broadband capacity, unify a fractured and overburdened communications network and allow communications across more territory. --SPA 16:05 LOCAL TIME 13:05 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w318698