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ISAS 宇宙科学研究所 (Japanese) Uchū Kagaku Kenkyūsho | |
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Abbreviation | ISAS |
Jurisdiction | Japan |
Headquarters | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Official language | Japanese |
Primary spaceport | Uchinoura Space Center |
Employees | 353 (FY2018) |
Annual budget | ¥13.5 billion (FY2018)[1] (US$ 0.12 billion) |
Website | www |
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (宇宙科学研究所, Uchū Kagaku Kenkyūsho), or ISAS, is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development. Since 2003, it is a division of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).[2]
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