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Japan successfully launched an experimental satellite Saturday in the provision of broadband Internet access across Asia, even though the terrestrial infrastructure, the Space Agency said.

Within the countries of the H-2A rocket with the satellite was Kizuna at 17:55 am (0855 GMT) without disruptions in the Tanegashima Space Center on the island of the southern tip of the island of Kyushu, Japan, South Africa.

Satellite communications, probably in use for five years, separated from the rocket 35 minutes after take-off, said an official at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), during a live broadcast.

The 342 million dollars allows Kizuna Super-High-Speed Data Transfer-up to 1.2 Gbps, which would be the fastest in the world, said the agency.

This rate would be 150 times greater than the average of the high speed ADSL 8 Mbps or 12 times the speed of an optical fiber communication delivery to a person on the premises (FTTP).

“Kizuna”, ie as “borrowing” in Japanese, is scheduled for the beginning of the transmission and reception of data with the terrestrial infrastructure, in July, after completion of the preparation and the confirmation of the safety of space.

Japan is seeking to use satellite communications allow, if a ground-based network is separated by a disaster in an Asian country, where it would be used for data transfer offices crisis management.

The Agency wishes, it can also be used as education or health care for their achievement or in the remote mountain regions.