Japan Launches Internet Satellite
February 24, 2008 By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer
A H-2A lifts off from its launch pad on the island of Tanagashima on Saturday February 23, 2008. Japan's space agency said Saturday it launched a communications satellite designed to enable super high-speed data transmission. The H-2A rocket carrying the satellite lifted off from the southern island of Tanegashima at 5:55 p.m. (0855 GMT), according to a live Internet broadcast by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
(AP) -- Japan's space agency launched an experimental communications satellite Saturday designed to enable super high-speed data transmission at home and in Southeast Asia.
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