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Satellite Aims at High-Speed Internet

A JAXA bird could soon enable data transmission of up to 1.2 gigabytes per second at low cost in Southeast Asia.

A JAXA bird could soon enable data transmission of up to 1.2 gigabytes per second at low cost in Southeast Asia.

AP carried a report this week that Japan’s space agency launched an experimental satellite to enable super high-speed data transmission.

The $480 million project was launched from the island of Tanegashima, according to a report by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA.

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