Kiku No. 8

「Only space development is not the purpose of the satellite.
Satellite to work practically to the people who live on the earth there are several current.」
「Is there such a satellite?
I thought that it is a satellite space exploration purpose only.」
「You thinks like that, too.
From now to introduce satellite is for a familiar technology that is also indebted to Hiroko.」
「Hmm ...?I also have indebted ...?」
「It name is "Kiku No.8".Have you heard?」

For the information age

「first,Please see the CG image of "Kiku No. 8" .」
きく8号
(c)JAXA
「Wow……! It is a very distinctive design.」
「Hiroko's surprised not it is the two giant antenna?
Development of these two antennas is divided use for receiving, for each transmission.」
「As for there being an antenna, is this a communications satellite?」
「Good guess. Exactly. KiKu No.8 is called an official name "technical test satellite 8 type"
and is possible by the personal digital assistant such as the cell-phone and the direct communication with the satellite. It was launched in 2006 to do it」
「Oh!A cell-phone uses me everyday!」
「Well.In other words it is a necessary satellite for modern people.
For the communication with the cell-phone, is it necessary to install the antenna called the base station in the ground?
The cell-phone cannot use it because of this system on the mountains and the sea.
The communication that is smooth at the time of the disaster outbreak is difficult,too.」
「Surely,The cell-phone becomes out of range in mountains.」
「This satellite offers a steadier communication service.
Surprisingly, it is one a huge antenna introduced ahead the tennis court worth of a size.
It became possible to communicate with the synchronous satellite with stability even with
a small terminal like the cellular phone by using this huge antenna.
」
「Whoa,The thing image of the antenna has come out when the net is retrieved by carrying. 」
kiku No.8
(c)JAXA
「This was folded up at the time of a launch.
However, middle school students truly modern ......You are mastering the Internet. 」
「It is "Information society" now」

Big success on the Tohoku Earthquake

「Has kiku No.8 already been operated?」
「Of course,It is generated on March 11, 2011, and it takes an active part greatly during
the Tohoku region Pacific Ocean coast earthquake that brings
the Tohoku region etc. the great deal of harm.
As countermeasures-against-calamities support, the ground antenna and the communication terminal
were installed in the Ofunato-shi, Iwate city office and two places of the Otsuchi-cho central community center.
It enabled them for people of a disaster self-governing body to also access the Internet, and to acquire
information by combining this and Kiku No.8.
」
「It is great. It is an age to which the disaster support is done from space. 」
「That's right.The meaning that I say, "The age of space approaches"
many times has been understood. 」
「Space leads to the carrying that I have now ……. 」
「The car navigation system etc. are greatly related to the represented
location-based service technology of this Kiku No.8.
Then, let's introduce the catchphrase of this satellite at the end. 」
Door in the future that opens big antenna and delivered safety
――To the world of a new portable communication that uses the large satellite――

「After all, this is an antenna. 」
「This big antenna supports our living from space far away. 」

Kaguya