Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

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Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

ISAS 宇宙科学研究所 (Japanese) Uchū Kagaku Kenkyūsho
Agency overview
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.isas.jaxa.jp/en/index.html

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. Established as part of the University of Tokyo in 1964, the institute spun off from the university to come under direct purview of the Ministry of Education. Since 2003, it is a division of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).^[2]