Japan Advances Into Outer Space For Speedier Transmission

Posted Tuesday 26th February 2008 by Catherine in Uncategorized.

Top technology news this week comes from Japan – the home of new technology.

In the ongoing battle for the best and fastest transmission of data, The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) have launched an experimental communications satellite into outer space in the hope it will provide data transmission speeds of up to 1.2 gigabits per second at a low cost across Japan and South East Asia, accessing remote areas that normally are in the transmission wilderness.

Launched 1000km south of Tokyo, the rocket successfully entered its intended orbit, 283km from Earth, Kizuna is expected to aid with around 100 experiments, including a broadcast of the next generation HD television.

To make this technology news has cost Jaxa an estimated 52 billion yen, or £240 million. They also hope it will herald the as yet unchartered territory for Japan in the form of manned space flight by 2025.

It would seem outer space is the way forward for Japanese technology news. Their first lunar probe was successfully launched recently, amid claims it is the most complex of missions since mans first moon landing in the sixties.

The probe was set to orbit the earth before travelling the 237, 500 miles to the Moon to collect data on its geology, topography and environment.

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