Uchinoura Space Center

Uchinoura Space Center is located in Japan
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Overview of Uchinoura Space Center: main launch pad on the left, and one of the parabolic antennas on the right.

The Uchinoura Space Center (内之浦宇宙空間観測所, Uchinoura Uchū Kūkan Kansokusho) is a space launch facility in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture.[1] Before the establishment of the JAXA space agency in 2003, it was simply called the Kagoshima Space Center (鹿児島宇宙空間観測所) (KSC).[2] All of Japan's scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch vehicles being decommissioned in 2006. It continues to be used for suborbital launches, stratospheric balloons and has also been used for the Epsilon orbital launch vehicle.[3] Additionally, the center has antennas for communication with interplanetary space probes.

  1. ^ "JAXA | Uchinoura Space Center". JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  2. ^ "Kagoshima". astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  3. ^ "Kagoshima Space Center, Uchinoura, Japan - Stratospheric balloon launches". stratocat.com.ar. Retrieved 2023-09-18.