Tanegashima Space Centre
Japan’s largest rocket-launch complex located on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima. Operated by JAXA, it supports H-IIA and H3 launches and is celebrated as one of the most beautiful launch sites in the world. It includes the Yoshinobu Launch Complex and a public Space Museum.
Identity
- Name
- Tanegashima Space Centre
- Region
- ASIA
- Slug
- tanegashima-space-centre
- Type
- spaceport
Details
- Description
- Japan’s largest rocket-launch complex located on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima. Operated by JAXA, it supports H-IIA and H3 launches and is celebrated as one of the most beautiful launch sites in the world. It includes the Yoshinobu Launch Complex and a public Space Museum.
- Latitude
- 30.4
- Location
- 1430 Minamitane, Tanegashima, Kagoshima 891-3793, Japan
- Longitude
- 130.975
- Operational Status
- operational
- Ownership
- government