Japan communication satellite in the Space by Sandra Stoklaskova

When ordinary people want to communicate through the Internet, they go to the mobile operator's shop and buy data card or visit their telecommunication and there appoint all necessary steps, than wait couple of days and gain access to the Internet. But most of them do not know, how much of exhaustive work stays behind it.Years of bothering and improving technologies constitute today also an success of Japan's space agency , who have launched experimental communication satellite into Space on Saturday. The aim of this satellite, known as "Kizuna", is to provide super high-speed Internet access across Asia, but mainly in Japan and in Southeast Asia.The Kizuna was carried by the Japan-developed rocket H-2A, that was launched from the Space Centre on Tanegashima island off the southern tip of Kyushu Island.The development of this satellite cost Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency-JAXA- approximately $340 million. It includes two large multi-beam antennas, which are separated from the rocket. Kizuna is expected to facilitate super-high speed data communications of up to 1.2 Gbps. According to the JAXA, this parameter makes it the fastest in the world. The agency also assume it to have a life cycle of five years and it is hoped to begin transmitting and receiving data in July, after passing on-orbit tests.Kizuna is not intended for commercial use. It is as advanced and reliable, that students sitting in one classroom could communicate together without any time lag. This satellite will allow communication even when a ground-based network is affected somehow.

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