Tanegashima Space Center

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rocket launch site spaceport

Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into orbit.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Yoshinobu Launch Complex 2
Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rocket launch site ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ
abbreviation TNSC ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConsideration noise and debris safety zones around launch pads ⓘ
hasFacility Range Control Center ⓘ
Spacecraft Test and Assembly Building ⓘ
Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ
tracking and telemetry stations ⓘ
hasLaunchComplex Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLaunchPad Osaki Launch Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoshinobu Launch Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRunway Tanegashima Space Center airstrip NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVisitorFacility Space Science and Technology Museum ⓘ
public viewing areas ⓘ
latitude approximately 30.4 degrees north ⓘ
launchAzimuthRange various low-inclination to sun-synchronous orbits ⓘ
launchesRocketType H-IIA launch vehicle ⓘ
surface form: H-IIA

H-IIB launch vehicle ⓘ
surface form: H-IIB

H3-22 ⓘ
surface form: H3
locatedIn Japan ⓘ
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Tanegashima NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
longitude approximately 130.97 degrees east ⓘ
near Minamitane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nishinoomote NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being Japan’s primary space launch complex ⓘ
picturesque sea-cliff launch pads ⓘ
opened 1969 ⓘ
operator JAXA NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees launch safety operations ⓘ
ownedBy Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousOperator National Space Development Agency of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction launch of cargo spacecraft ⓘ
orbital launch of satellites ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority Government of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese government
status operational ⓘ
supportsMissionType Earth observation missions ⓘ
communications satellite missions ⓘ
interplanetary missions ⓘ
navigation satellite missions ⓘ
scientific satellite missions ⓘ
supportsOrbitType geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
usedFor launch of HTV cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

H-IIA launch vehicle → firstFlightLaunchSite → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
H-IIB launch vehicle → launchPad → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2
H3 launch vehicle → launchPad → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoshinobu Launch Complex
subject surface form: GOSAT
subject surface form: GOSAT-2
H-IIA launch vehicle → launchSite → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
H-IIB launch vehicle → launchSite → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
H3 launch vehicle → launchSite → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
HTV spacecraft → launchSite → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
SLIM lunar lander → launchSite → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
subject surface form: SLIM
Himawari meteorological satellites → launchSiteUsed → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency → owns → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
H-IIA launch vehicle → primaryLaunchComplex → Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoshinobu Launch Complex