Uchinoura Space Center

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rocket launch site spaceport

Uchinoura Space Center is a Japanese launch facility in Kagoshima Prefecture used primarily for scientific satellites and sounding rocket missions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rocket launch site → spaceport →
country	Japan →
formerlyKnownAs	Kagoshima Space Center NERFINISHED →
hasAlternativeName	USC NERFINISHED → Uchinoura Space Center, JAXA NERFINISHED →
hasFacility	mission control facilities → optical tracking systems → payload preparation facilities → radar tracking systems → solid-fuel launch complex → sounding rocket launch complex → tracking and telemetry station →
launchAzimuthRange	primarily eastward over the Pacific →
launchesFromHere	Epsilon rocket NERFINISHED → M-V rocket NERFINISHED → Mu series rockets → S-160 sounding rocket NERFINISHED → S-210 sounding rocket NERFINISHED → S-310 sounding rocket NERFINISHED → S-520 sounding rocket NERFINISHED → SS-520 sounding rocket NERFINISHED → sounding rockets →
launchPadCount	multiple launch pads →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED →
locatedInTimeZone	Japan Standard Time →
locatedOn	Kyushu NERFINISHED →
location	Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED →
nearbyBodyOfWater	Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED →
notableFor	Japanese scientific satellite launches → small and medium-class solid-fuel launch vehicles →
operator	JAXA NERFINISHED → Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED →
ownedBy	Government of Japan NERFINISHED →
partOf	JAXA ground and launch network NERFINISHED →
primaryUse	scientific satellite launches → sounding rocket launches →
supportsOrbitType	highly elliptical scientific orbits → low Earth orbit → sun-synchronous orbit →
usedBy	Japanese space science community → international scientific collaborations →
usedFor	astronomy missions → ionospheric research → space science missions → technology demonstration missions → upper atmosphere research →

Referenced by (3)

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Epsilon launch vehicle → launchSite → Uchinoura Space Center →

Hayabusa spacecraft → launchSite → Uchinoura Space Center →

subject surface form: "Hayabusa"

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency → owns → Uchinoura Space Center →