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Japan blasts satellite into space

Japan's space agency has launched an experimental communications satellite designed to enable super high-speed data transmission in remote areas. An H-2A rocket carrying the satellite Kizuna (Winds) was launched from the southern island of...

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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.

photo: AP Photo / Kyodo News

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